Bargain n. 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. "A contract is a bargain that is legally binding."
2.An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. "And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith."
3.A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.
4.The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap. "She was too fond of her most filthy bargain."
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.
Into the bargain, over and above what is stipulated; besides.
To sell bargains, to make saucy (usually indelicate) repartees. (Obs.)
To strike a bargain, to reach or ratify an agreement. "A bargain was struck."
Synonyms: Contract; stipulation; purchase; engagement.
Bargain v. t. (past & past part. bargained; pres. part. bargaining) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another. To bargain away, to dispose of in a bargain; usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. "The heir... had somehow bargained away the estate."
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