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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Recent Examples of bargained After a series of calls, the company bargained down the ransom to $1 million, Yousuf said. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026 Advertisement In this way, a war intended to deter future American attacks could instead strengthen a regional consensus that Iran must be dealt a serious blow rather than accommodated or bargained with. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 27 Oct. 2026 Something like this wouldn’t happen in the major pro leagues, since eligibility rules are collectively bargained between leagues and unions and are thus exempt from antitrust scrutiny. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2026 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bargained

Verb

That money, alders who negotiated with Stonepeak insist, is — and was from the start — meant to reduce Chicago’s massive pension deficit.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
On the one hand, the relief came through energy, when Washington granted a series of short-term waivers that kept the NIS refinery running while Hungary’s MOL negotiated to buy out the Russian stake.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of negotiated

Verb

For decades, Democrats and Republicans alike have agreed that the terrorists in Tehran, who have been killing Americans for 47 years, cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Moscow and Beijing last week have agreed to expand freight traffic along Arctic shipping corridors, increase services between their ports and deepen cooperation on building polar vessels.

— Lee Ying Shan,Matthew Tan, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of agreed

Verb

The Ohio State University The team explored several Scentronic designs, including a lightweight wristband with two scent channels, a necklace with five arranged like pearls on a string, and a handheld five-channel version.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
There is also concrete poetry—writing arranged in images or geometric forms—a tradition that can be traced to ancient instances of shaped poetry.

— Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of arranged

Verb

Nesmith was dealt a flagrant foul, but not before some pushing and shoving broke out.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
To fans, that was the most consequential part of the historic punishment dealt by the NBA, which commissioned a year-long investigation that determined the Clippers committed audacious levels of salary cap circumvention.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of dealt

Verb

The statement said development work could continue on the property once the court proceedings have concluded.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
Scrutiny is also mounting of Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which continued last night; a UN commission concluded on Monday that these attacks constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 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