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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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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Recent Examples of bargained The Jefferson County Education Association bargained the provisions after Evergreen became the district's third school shooting, following Columbine High School in 1999 and Deer Creek Middle School in 2010. — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 There is money tied to this format through playoff broadcasts, and any change would have to be collectively bargained between the league and MLBPA. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Like other major sports leagues, the WNBA’s eligibility rule is collectively bargained and thus protected by the non-statutory labor exemption. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The luxury tax was collectively bargained with a tax utilized to constrain owners from overspending the annual threshold. — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Pay, including wages, salaries and bonuses, like the Council’s Mulgrew $10K checks, must be collectively bargained. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026 Union spokesperson Tina Acree said employees on Wednesday decided to delay filing a complaint with the Public Employees Relations Board alleging the district bargained in bad faith. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026 Johnson released a statement through his press office saying the ILA workers who met with the mayor are members of the team that bargained their new contract, ratified this spring. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 In his letter to Hawley, Manfred said that rule was collectively bargained with the MLB Players Association and prohibits players from writing, attaching, affixing, embroidering or otherwise displaying messages on apparel or playing equipment. — Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026

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Verb

Know More The Pentagon has negotiated equity or some equivalent, like warrants, in at least 10 companies since Cerberus cofounder Steve Feinberg was confirmed as deputy defense secretary last year.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Individual tribes negotiated with the United States with little success.

— Sandra Slater, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiated

Verb

Look out for crystals, beading, and embroidery arranged with enough precision to feel considered rather than excessive.

— Corinne Pierre-Louis, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
With its octagonal clusters of flats arranged around a central water tower that looks like a fist raised against the sky, the neighborhood doesn’t have much spirit of community.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of arranged

Verb

In addition to these moves, Charlotte also dealt guard LaMelo Ball to Minnesota for Naz Ried and Miles Bridges to Phoenix for Grayson Allen and Royce O’Neale.

— Staff reports, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Abby meanwhile was killed in the upstairs guest bedroom, but hit first on the side of the head before being dealt a total of 17 blows.

— Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of dealt

Verb

The grand jury and Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath both concluded those allegations were baseless.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The first phase of the competition concluded in late August, with all 25,000 relationships between polynomials and symmetry groups realized.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of concluded

Verb

Those definitions were haggled and pored over at the conventions, Tremper said, and are not set in stone, many of them changeable based on member feedback.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
But the two sides failed to bridge their remaining differences as negotiators haggled over the final details.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026