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# bargain

«bargain» in Mova's school dictionary: **something you buy for less than its usual price, a good deal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bargain, bargains); verb (bargain, bargains, bargained, bargaining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bargain is something you buy for less than its usual price, a good deal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#m1)

2) A bargain is an agreement in which each person promises to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#m2)

3) To bargain means to talk with someone to agree on a price or a deal, trying to get a better one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and maths, pupils compare prices to find the best bargain; in money lessons they learn about sales and discounts. In stories, characters make a bargain, sometimes with a trickster. Phrases: a real bargain, bargain hunting, strike a bargain, keep your side of the bargain, more than you bargained for.

### examples

- These shoes were a bargain at half price. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#x1)
- We found lots of bargains at the car boot sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#x2)
- At the market, Dad bargained for a lower price. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#x3)
- We made a bargain: I tidy my room and I can stay up late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#x4)
- Keep your side of the bargain! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#x5)
- The witch made a bargain with the princess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#x6)
- A 2-litre bottle for 1 dollar is a better bargain than a 1-litre bottle for 70 cents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#x7)
- The storm was more than we bargained for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#x8)
- The landlord agreed to the bargain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/#x9)

### note

Countable noun; verb: bargained, bargaining. Spelling: -gain, not -gin. A low price is only a bargain if you need the thing. In maths, find the bargain by working out the price per item or per unit and comparing.

### In the corpora

- [A sale lowers prices; a bargain is only a bargain if you would have bought the thing anyway.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/13/)
- [Toad bargains for six shillings and sixpence and as much stew as he can eat, and gets it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/12/)
- [The Dog makes his bargain too: be kind to the Baby or be bitten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/9/)
- [A «buy one get one free» offer is only a bargain if you would use both.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/11/)
- [«Hurry, only today!» and countdowns rush you so you do not think clearly; real bargains rarely vanish in minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bargain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bargain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.