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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
Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Serious online bargain hunters can already do much of what Encore is achieving by downloading Chrome extensions and checking a barrage of advanced search filters on the popular resale sites.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Negotiators have agreed to extend the Animation Guild contract through Dec. 2, as the two sides continue to bargain over guardrails on artificial intelligence.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
From the start, translation has been something of a Faustian bargain.
—Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Serious online bargain hunters can already do much of what Encore is achieving by downloading Chrome extensions and checking a barrage of advanced search filters on the popular resale sites.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
But a few months later, the deputies union filed a labor complaint arguing that the county needed to bargain over the effects of the new ordinance before forcing deputies to comply with it.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Negotiators have agreed to extend the Animation Guild contract through Dec. 2, as the two sides continue to bargain over guardrails on artificial intelligence.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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Eight players scored for Oak Forest, with sophomore guard Neiko Leflore finishing with eight points and junior point guard Gary Manso adding seven points, five assists and four steals.Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2024
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Simmons finished with seven points, seven rebounds, nine assists, two steals and three blocks.C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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House Republicans have doubled down on their commitment to maintain the McCarthy-Biden agreement's defense spending levels, resisting calls to exceed the cap.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The agreement was fairly traditional for Wright homes, in which much of the furniture and art was designed specifically for the property.Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
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Instead of consolidating Iran’s hegemony, the war has dealt a significant blow to its regional standing.Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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Chicago could deal its star outfielder to Philadelphia in the coming weeks.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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On Tuesday, the county agreed to a $30-million settlement for a federal class-action lawsuit filed in 2022 alleging inhumane conditions at the county’s two old halls — Central Juvenile Hall and Barry J. Nidorf — which the county was forced to close last year after similar issues with staffing.Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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There are no firm numbers of closures available in the U.S., but industry experts agree that a similar crisis is approaching.Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
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Forum helps match clients with tutors who fit their needs, handles payments, negotiates rates for each tutor and markets them.Emma Whitford, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of Amazon workers at the company's first-ever unionized warehouse voted to authorize a strike on Friday, claiming the tech giant has refused to recognize the union and negotiate a contract at the New York City facility.Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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And there was a pact in that moment when Peter heard a great story: no one would be a bigger advocate of you or the show.Matt Minton, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a pact with close ally Belarus on Friday that includes the possible use of Russian nuclear weapons.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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The exhibition also gives visitors a chance to arrange their own bento box with the replica treats.Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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With no viable means of leaving the base, Moscow requested that the base's command arrange an immediate evacuation to Russia.David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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From repurposing parking lots to the specter of tariffs, disappearing pharmacies, and helping to ease the nation’s housing shortage, there are no lack of challenges and opportunities to be mulled over at this week’s ICSC New York convention.David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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Amendments not only have to be approved by a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress, but ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each state for ratification.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Bargain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bargain. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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