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 other2: 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>