subdict-logo

bargain

Definition

  • noun: an agreement in which people or groups say they will do or give something in exchange for something else
  • noun: an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
  • verb: to discuss an agreement or price in order to make it more appealing
  • verb: to negotiate over the terms of a purchase, agreement, or contract
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: haggle, contract, purchase

Examples

  • He hadn't 'bargained on' how his new position in the company would change the way people treated him. [=he was surprised by how his new position changed the way people treated him]

  • You're allowed to go to the football game tonight, but I expect you to 'keep your side of the bargain' [=do what you agreed to do] and clean your room.

  • They've agreed to turn the land over to the state, and the state, as its part of the 'bargain', has agreed to keep it undeveloped.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...you'll still be beautiful. You're biased. Yes, I am. Sounds like old times. Yes, it does. He didn't keep his part of the bargain. Which part? To spend his life pining for you and die miserable and alone. That so much to ask? I don't know. (..)
    1996 Twister