Bargain

Bar·gain

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.
An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith.
— 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.
— Shak.

Bargain and sale: 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.
Into the bargain: over and above what is stipulated; besides.
To sell bargains: to make saucy (usually indelicate) repartees.
To strike a bargain: to reach or ratify an agreement.

v. i.

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.

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.