BARGAINED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

bargained

verb

past tense of bargain

as in negotiated

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price

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Relevance

as in agreed

to come to an arrangement as to a course of action I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in arranged

to bring about through discussion and compromise bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bargained Courts across the country have landed in conflicting positions on whether the NCAA and its member schools may limit athlete eligibility when those athletes now operate in a labor market and when eligibility rules haven’t been bargained with a players’ union. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026 The problem — well, at least one problem — is that the length of the season is collectively bargained between the MLBPA and the 30 owners. —

Andy McCullough, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 However, there are no statutory exemptions to discuss administrator pay in closed-door meetings, since it’s not collectively bargained, lawyer Barbara Petersen, an expert on Sunshine Law issues, told the Sun Sentinel in a recent interview. —

Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026 This was partly out of deference to a president who thinks not of enemies but only of potential counterparties to be bargained with, bullied, swindled, or accommodated. —

Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026 The Teamsters argue the program violates six articles of the five-year union contract because it wasn’t negotiated and any program that changes the terms of employment, such as compensation and separation, must be bargained with the union. —

Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026 The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative agreement in Chattanooga, Tennessee, signaling what may be the end of a long and drawn-out negotiation period as the union and Volkswagen bargained over the first contract at the plant. —

Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 5 Feb. 2026 For many families, medical care is something to be bargained with, not something that arrives when needed. —

Jason Phillips, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026 Both sides bargained throughout the weekend but couldn't make a deal. —

Allen Devlin, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026

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Verb

On Monday, Corinne Tapia Babcock, one of the four commissioners stepping down, said that by the time items come to the board, they often have already been negotiated by the fire chief, the mayor and the City Council.

— Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Improving transparency could include showing how prices vary by pharmacy or region, how discounts are negotiated and how insurance compares with cash prices.

— Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026