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strike a bargain (third-person singular simple present strikes a bargain, present participle striking a bargain, simple past struck a bargain, past participle struck a bargain or (rare) stricken a bargain)
- To enter into a bargain; to agree upon the conditions of a sale or other transaction.
- Synonym: make a deal
1659, Henry Hammond, chapter 22, in A Paraphrase and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament, London: Richard Davis, The Gospel according to S. Luke, page 257:And they gladly embraced the treaty, and struck a bargain with him , that he should have thirty shekels to deliver him up without much noise,
1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 14, in The Vicar of Wakefield, volume 1, London: F. Newbery, page 139:My horse was soon produced, and in fine we struck a bargain. Nothing now remained but to pay me, and he accordingly pulled out a thirty pound note,
1997, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 16, in Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life, London: Secker & Warburg, page 134:She hires a contractor named Retief, striking a bargain with him that for fifteen pounds he will convey not only the furniture but the three of them as well, in his cab.
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