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as in steal
something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price
those shoes were a bargain because the store was going out of business
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as in agreement
an arrangement about action to be taken
made a bargain that one would help the other next week
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as in to deal
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price
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as in to agree
to come to an arrangement as to a course of action
I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes
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as in to negotiate
to bring about through discussion and compromise
bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with
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Recent Examples of bargain
Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 21 Oct. 2024
Both men loved a marquee name and a lavish deal that could be framed as a bargain.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The current schedule, which is collectively bargained, has three phases: meetings, individual drills on the field and organized team activities.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The bargain grocery store Aldi opens Thursday, Oct. 24 in Lake Forest , taking the place of a shuttered CVS drugstore.
—Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 21 Oct. 2024
Both men loved a marquee name and a lavish deal that could be framed as a bargain.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint Wednesday alleging that Amazon illegally refused to bargain with the union representing drivers hired by a contractor.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The current schedule, which is collectively bargained, has three phases: meetings, individual drills on the field and organized team activities.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bargain
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Braun has rocketed out of the gate as the Nuggets’ new fifth starter, averaging 16.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, a block and a steal per game through a tenth of the season.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Luke Kornet started in place of Brown in the second game against the Hornets and dropped 19 points, four rebounds, three assists, two blocks, and one steal.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Polar Semiconductor was the first to finish negotiations and finalize its agreement.Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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The company resolved the charge through the deferred prosecution agreement and the half-million dollar fine.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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He was then dealt to the Penguins in August of last year.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Federal prosecutors said Clark was dealing cocaine and fentanyl, and had criminal contacts in the Los Angeles area.Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
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No one who hurls their guts up the previous night would knowingly agree to ride in a 12-passenger van hugging the cliffside of this narrow two-lane road, navigating hairpin turns on switchbacks that drop more than 2,500 feet into Red Rock Country.Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Some recipients responded to the texts with anger and others with a sense of humor, but many agree that the messages seem to be a bleak foreshadowing.Char Adams, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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City, county and school officials had urged both sides to keep negotiating and reach agreement prior to Medicare open enrollment, which runs Oct. 15 to Dec. 7.Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
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The mistake nearly pushed the company into bankruptcy, until Huang negotiated a contract buyout with Sega that provided Nvidia with a financial lifeline and resources to develop the NV1′s successor.Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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That was followed by Netflix reaching pacts with France’s broadcasting authorities that would see the U.S.-based streamer invest 20 percent of its annual revenue in France, in both TV series and movies, and separately with French cinema guilds to invest in French and European films.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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The change in the corporate suite comes just days after the group was among companies fined by French antitrust regulators over a price-fixing pact.Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
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Contact us to learn more, obtain more information, and/or arrange a campus tour at South Orange County Community College District, 28000 Marguerite Pkwy #3699, Mission Viejo, CA 92692.Advertorial, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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Sinatra and Jones also worked together on various TV shows and other recordings, resulting in subsequent arranging gigs for other artists like Billy Eckstine and Peggy Lee.Jennifer Frederick, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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Since the ’80s, Tom Loeser and Wendy Maruyama, pioneering figures of the postwar American Studio Craft movement, have created furniture that challenges the conventions of woodworking and uses color with both precision and a sense of irreverence.Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
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Taylor was slated to take the stage as part of the convention's Day 1 kickoff, but scheduling delays appear to have led to his performance being scrapped.Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Bargain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bargain. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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