• (RP) enPR: bägən, IPA: /ˈbɑːɡən/, /-ɡɪn/
• (GA) enPR: bärgən, IPA: /ˈbɑːɹɡən/

bargain (plural bargains)

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.
   • 1883, J. J. S Wharton, Wharton's Law Lexicon:

     A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.

2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III scene ii:

     […] And when your honors mean to solemnize / The bargain of your faith, I do beseech you, / Even at that time I may be married too.

3. An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
4. A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.

   to buy a thing at a bargain

   At that price, it's not just a bargain, it's a steal.

   • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546 ↗; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], OCLC 2666860 ↗, page 0016 ↗:

     Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

5. The thing stipulated or purchased.
   • c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act V scene ii:

     If he say so, may his pernicious soul Rot half a grain a day! He lies to th' heart. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain.

• contract, engagement, purchase, stipulation
• (an advantageous purchase) steal

• rip-off

• French: accord
• Italian: trattativa, accordo, mercanteggiamento
• Portuguese: transação, barganha
• Russian: сде́лка
• Spanish: trato, ganga, bicoca

• French: affaire, bonne affaire
• German: Schnäppchen
• Spanish: chollo, ganga

bargain (bargains, present participle bargaining; past and past participle bargained)

1. (intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate
   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I:

     So worthless peasants bargain for their wives.

     United we bargain, divided we beg

   They had to bargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug.
2. (transitive) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade

• French: marchander
• German: feilschen, markten (archaic)
• Italian: mercanteggiare, trattare, contrattare, negoziare
• Portuguese: barganhar
• Russian: заключа́ть сде́лку
• Spanish: regatear