bargain

1. 1.

   negotiate the terms of an exchange

   “We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar”

   Synonymsdicker

   Broadernegociate

   Narrowerhaggle
2. 2.

   come to terms; arrive at an agreement

   Broaderagree

Other forms of bargain

plural

bargains·

past tense

bargained·

present participle

bargaining·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bargain

What does bargain mean?

bargain means "an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bargain?

bargain has 2 syllables: bar-gain. The stress falls on "bar". In IPA it is /ˈbɑɹɡən/.

What is another word for bargain?

Close synonyms include deal, buy, steal, dicker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bargain a common word?

bargain is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.