Main Entry: ¹bar·gain

Pronunciation: \ˈbär-gən\

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from bargaigner

Date: 14th century

1 : an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
2 : something acquired by or as if by bargaining; especially : an advantageous purchase <at that price the car is a bargain>
3 : a transaction, situation, or event regarded in the light of its results <a bad bargain>

— into the bargain also in the bargain : besides <tastes good and is good for you, into the bargain>