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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions bargain noun  An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration. A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. --w:Wharton. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith. --w:Shak. A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. --w:Shak. ::{Bargain and sale} (Law), a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i. e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession. --w:Blackstone. ::{Into the bargain}, over and above what is stipulated;besides. ::{To sell bargains}, to make saucy (usually indelicate) repartees. Obs. --w:Swift. ::{To strike a bargain}, to reach or ratify an agreement. ``A bargain was struck.'' --Macaulay. verb (bargains, bargaining, bargained) (intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow. So worthless peasants for their wives. --w:Shak. (transitive) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.      Full Definition of bargain  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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