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                    as in negotiating
                                                
              
          
                                                      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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                    as in agreeing
                                                
              
          
                                                      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 arranging
                                                
              
          
                                                      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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