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bargain on

bar·gain on
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahr-guh n on, awn]
    • /ˈbɑr gən ɒn, ɔn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahr-guh n on, awn]
    • /ˈbɑr gən ɒn, ɔn/

Definitions of bargain on words

  • verb bargain on to rely or depend on (something) 3
  • noun bargain on an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore. 1
  • noun bargain on an agreement between parties settling what each shall give and take or perform and receive in a transaction. 1
  • noun bargain on such an agreement as affecting one of the parties: a losing bargain. 1
  • noun bargain on something acquired by bargaining. 1
  • noun bargain on Informal. an agreeable person, especially one who causes no trouble or difficulty (usually used in negative constructions): His boss is no bargain. 1

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Origin of bargain on

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; (v.) Middle English bargaynen < Anglo-French, Old French bargai(g)ner, probably < Frankish *borganjan, extended form of Germanic *borgan (compare Old High German bor(a)gēn to look after, Middle High German, German borgen to lend, borrow); (noun) Middle English bargayn < Anglo-French, Old French bargai(g)ne, bargain, noun derivative of the v.; o > a in 1st syllable is unexplained

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Parts of speech for Bargain on

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bargain on popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for bargain on

verb bargain on

  • foresee — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • predict — to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.
  • await — If you await someone or something, you wait for them.
  • forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
  • suppose — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.

Antonyms for bargain on

verb bargain on

  • disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
  • disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
  • overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.

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