bargain

bargain
I
n.
agreement

1) to drive; make, strike; seal a bargain

2) to meet one's end of a bargain

3) a hard bargain (she drives a hard bargain)

4) a bargain with (we struck a bargain with them)

5) a bargain to + inf. (they made a bargain not to cut prices)

advantageous purchase

6) to find, get a bargain

7) to shop for bargains

8) a good, real bargain

misc.

9) to make the best of a bad bargain ('to do one's best in a difficult situation')

II
v.

1) ('to negotiate') to bargain shrewdly

2) (D; intr.) ('to negotiate') to bargain for; over; with (we bargained with them for the property)

3) (d; intr.) to bargain for (BE), on (AE) ('to count on') (I wasn't bargaining on any trouble)

* * *
['bɑːgɪn]
get a bargain
real bargain
seal a bargain
on (I wasn't bargaining on any trouble; 'to count on'; AE)
with (we bargained with them for the property)
('to negotiate') to bargain shrewdly
['advantageous purchase'] to find
['agreement'] to drive
a good
to meet one's end of a bargain
to shop for bargains
['misc. '] to make the best of a bad bargain ('to do one's best in a difficult situation')
(d; intr.) to bargain for (BE)
a hard bargain (she drives a hard bargain)
a bargain to + inf. (they made a bargain not to cut prices)
a bargain with (we struck a bargain with them)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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