[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bargain \bar"gain\, n. oe. bargayn, bargany, of. bargaigne,
   bargagne, prob. from a supposed ll. barcaneum, fr. barca a
   boat which carries merchandise to the shore; hence, to
   traffic to and fro, to carry on commerce in general. see
   bark a vessel. 
   1. 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.
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            a contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
                                                  --wharton.
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   2. an agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
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            and whon your honors mean to solemnize
            the bargain of your faith.            --shak.
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   3. a purchase; also  when not qualified, a gainful
      transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing
      at a bargain.
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   4. the thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought
      cheap.
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            she was too fond of her most filthy bargain. --shak.
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   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. --blackstone.

   into the bargain, over and above what is stipulated;
      besides.

   to sell bargains, to make saucy usually indelicate
      repartees. obs. --swift.

   to strike a bargain, to reach or ratify an agreement. "a
      bargain was struck." --macaulay.
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   syn: contract; stipulation; purchase; engagement.
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see also:
bark bargain and sale into the bargain to sell bargains to strike a bargain 

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