bargainnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɑː.ɡɪn/us/ˈbɑːr.ɡɪn/bargain noun [ C ] (LOW PRICE)
B1 something on sale at a lower price than its true value:
This coat was half-price - a real bargain.
The airline regularly offers last-minute bookings at bargain prices.
The sales had started and the bargain hunters (= people looking for things at a low price) were out in force.
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- She has a sharp eye for a bargain.
- Buyers who have waited for bargains at the end of the year will find slim pickings.
- The fall in property prices means that there are a lot of bargains waiting to be snapped up.
- Jonathan doesn't miss a trick! If there's a bargain to be had at the market, he'll find it.
- She's got a good nose for a bargain,
- Houses in this area used to be a real bargain, but they're not cheap any more.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Price decreases
- bargain bin
- bearish
- closeout
- concession
- cut-price
- deduction
- deflate
- depreciate
- depreciation
- discount
- downturn
- knock
- knock sb/sth down
- mark
- offer
- put
- put sth down 1
- roll
- roll sth back
- slump
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Costing little or no money
bargain noun [ C ] (AGREEMENT)
an agreement between two people or groups in which each promises to do something in exchange for something else:
"I'll clean the kitchen if you clean the car." "OK, it's a bargain."
The management and employees eventually struck/made a bargain (= reached an agreement).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making & breaking promises & commitments
- betray
- broken
- commit
- cross my heart (and hope to die) idiom
- deliver
- fink
- fink out
- go back on sth
- guarantee
- New Year's resolution
- promise sb the earth/moon idiom
- promises, promises! idiom
- redeem
- resolution
- swear
- sworn
- vouch
- warrant
- warranty
- welsh
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Idiom(s)
into the bargain
bargainverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈbɑː.ɡɪn/us/ˈbɑːr.ɡɪn/to try to make someone agree to give you something that is better for you, such as a better price or better working conditions:
Unions bargain with employers for better rates of pay each year.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Negotiating prices
- bargaining power
- barter
- beat
- beat sb down
- bid
- cap
- dicker
- drive
- drive a hard bargain idiom
- gazump
- gazunder
- haggle
- negotiable
- negotiate
- non-negotiable
- predatory pricing
- quotation
- quote
- settle
- settle on sth
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Debate & discussion
Phrasal verb(s)
bargain sth away
bargain for/on sth