bargainer

bar·gain

B0076900 (bär′gĭn)n.1. An agreement between parties fixing obligations that each promises to carry out. See Synonyms at agreement.2. a. An agreement establishing the terms of a sale or exchange of goods or services: reached a bargain with the antique dealer over the lamp.b. Property acquired or services rendered as a result of such an agreement.3. Something offered or acquired at a price advantageous to the buyer: That silk dress is a bargain at that price.v. bar·gained, bar·gain·ing, bar·gains v.intr.1. To negotiate the terms of an agreement, as to sell or exchange.2. To engage in collective bargaining.3. To arrive at an agreement.v.tr. To exchange; trade: bargained my watch for a meal.Phrasal Verb: bargain for (or on) To count on; expect: "I never bargained for this tearing feeling inside me" (Anne Tyler).Idiom: into/in the bargain Over and above what is expected; in addition.

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[Middle English, from Old French bargaigne, haggling, from bargaignier, to haggle, of Germanic origin; see bhergh- in Indo-European roots.]

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bar′gain·er n.

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Noun	1.	bargainer - someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be solddealer, monger, traderart dealer - a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluationbarterer - a trader who exchanges goods and not moneybibliopole, bibliopolist - a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)cheesemonger - someone who sells cheesebarrow-boy, barrow-man, costermonger - a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrowcutler - a dealer in cutlerydraper - a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)fence - a dealer in stolen propertyfishmonger, fishwife - someone who sells fishhorse trader - a hard bargainerhardwareman, ironmonger - someone who sells hardware; "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger"mercer - a dealer in textiles (especially silks)merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail tradeseedman, seedsman - a dealer in seedsslopseller, slop-seller - a dealer in cheap ready-made clothingstamp dealer - a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors)stock trader - someone who buys and sells stock shares
	2.	bargainer - negotiator of the terms of a transaction; "he is a hard bargainer"haggler - an intense bargainernegotiant, negotiator, treater - someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)

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