Definition of Bargein
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.
A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
Wharton.
2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual
pledge.
And whon your honors mean to solemnize
The bargain of your faith.
Shak.
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.
Shak.
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.
Syn. -- Contract; stipulation; purchase; engagement.
Bar"gain, v. i. [OE. barganien, OF.
bargaigner, F. barguigner, to hesitate, fr. LL.
barcaniare. See Bargain, n.] To make a
bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; --
followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer
for a cow.
So worthless peasants bargain for their wives.
Shak.
Bar"gain, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Bargained (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
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." G. Eliot.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
BARGAIN. To sell a bargain; a species of wit, much in
vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne,
and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the
maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It
consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in
answer to the question, What? which the buyer was
artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following
instance: A lady would come into a room full of company,
apparently in a fright, crying out, It is white, and follows
me! On any of the company asking, What? she sold
him the bargain, by saying, Mine a-e.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- 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. --w:Wharton.
- An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith. --w:Shak.
- A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.
- The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.
She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. --w:Shak.
- To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of
So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. --w:Shak.
- To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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