in the bargain

1. 1.

   in addition; over and above what is expected

   “He lost his wife in the bargain”

   Synonymsinto the bargain

Questions about in the bargain

What does in the bargain mean?

in the bargain means "in addition; over and above what is expected".

What is another word for in the bargain?

Close synonyms include into the bargain. 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 in the bargain a common word?

in the bargain is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.