English Dictionary: bargaining | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for bargaining | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bargain \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. [bd]The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate.[b8] --G. Eliot. |