n.
Pronunciation: ' bär-g ə n
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
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 other
2 : 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 >