DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN

Meaning of DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN in English

pay a low price, negotiate firmly

When buying land, Cal drives a hard bargain. He pays low prices.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — negotiate unyieldingly, not compromise in bargaining
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — be uncompromising in making a deal. → bargain
Concise Oxford English vocab
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — see bargain
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — see bargain
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — See: DRIVE A BARGAIN.
Slang English vocab
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — See: DRIVE A BARGAIN.
Словарь английских идиом
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — pay a low price, negotiate firmly When buying land, Cal drives a hard bargain. He pays low prices.
English Idioms vocab
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — много запрашивать; торговаться
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — много запрашивать; торговаться
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — много запрашивать; торговаться
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — много запрашивать, торговаться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — много запрашивать, торговаться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — много запрашивать; торговаться
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — много запрашивать; торговаться
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — много запрашивать; торговаться
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — много запрашивать; торговаться
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DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN — много запрашивать; торговаться
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Английский словарь Британика
HARD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRIVE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARGAIN — I. ˈbärgə̇n, ˈbȧg- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bargayn, from Middle French bargaigne, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARD
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRIVE
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BARGAIN — — bargainable , adj. — bargainer , n. /bahr"geuhn/ , n. 1. an advantageous purchase, esp. one acquired at less …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HARD — I. ˈhärd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English heard; akin to Old High German hart hard, Greek kratos strength …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRIVE — I. ˈdrīv verb ( drove ˈdrōv ; driv·en ˈdri-vən ; driv·ing ˈdrī-viŋ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drīfan; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BARGAIN — I. ˈbär-gən noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from bargaigner Date: 14th century 1. : an agreement …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARD — adv close or near. 2. hard ·adv so as to raise difficulties. 3. hard ·adv uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. 4. hard …
Webster English vocab
DRIVE — vi to distrain for rent. 2. drive ·p.p. driven. 3. drive ·add. ·noun a tamping iron. 4. drive ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
BARGAIN — noun an agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. 2. bargain ·noun the thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap. 3. …
Webster English vocab
BARGAIN — [bar.gain] n, often attrib (14c) 1: an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HARD — hard BrE AmE hɑːd AmE hɑːrd ▷ harder ˈhɑːd ə AmE ˈhɑːrd ə r ▷ hardest ˈhɑːd ɪst -əst AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BARGAIN — bargain BrE AmE ˈbɑːɡ ɪn - ə n AmE ˈbɑːrɡ- ▷ bargain|ed d ▷ bargain|er/s ə/z AmE ə r/z ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HARD — / hɑːd; NAmE hɑːrd/ adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( hard·er , hard·est ) SOLID / STIFF 1. solid, firm …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRIVE — / draɪv; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( drove / drəʊv; NAmE droʊv/, driven / ˈdrɪvn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BARGAIN — / ˈbɑːgən; NAmE ˈbɑːrgən/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. a thing bought for less than the usual price : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — I. hard 1 S1 W1 /hɑːd $ hɑːrd/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative harder , superlative hardest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRIVE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BARGAIN — I. bar ‧ gain 1 /ˈbɑːɡən, ˈbɑːɡɪn $ ˈbɑːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . something you buy cheaply or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HARD
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BARGAIN — n. & v. --n. 1 a an agreement on the terms of a transaction or sale. b this seen from …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HARD
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BARGAIN — n. & v. n. 1 a an agreement on the terms of a transaction or sale. b this seen from …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HARD
Oxford English vocab
BARGAIN — n. & v. --n. 1. a an agreement on the terms of a transaction or sale. b this seen from …
Oxford English vocab
HARD — ( harder, hardest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRIVE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BARGAIN — ( bargains, bargaining, bargained) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — (~er, ~est) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HARD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRIVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BARGAIN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bargain price ( also a knockdown/giveaway price ) (= much lower than usual …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BARGAIN — (AGREEMENT) [noun] [C] - an agreement between two people or groups in which each promises to do something in exchange …
Cambridge English vocab
HARD — Synonyms and related words : Herculean, Philistine, about, absolute, abstruse, accented, acerb, acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, actively, acute, adamant, adamantine, addictive, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BARGAIN — Synonyms and related words : abatement of differences, accommodation, accord, act between, adjustment, advantageous purchase, advise with, agree, agree to, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — adj. Function: adverb 1 with great or utmost force FF1C; hit the nail hard FF1E; Synonyms: energetically, forcefully, forcibly, hardly, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HARD — I. adjective 1. Synonyms: firm 2, solid Related Word: compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, packed; callous, hardened, indurate, indurated, set; adamantine, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BARGAIN — I. noun 1 sth sold at a lower price ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute , amazing , excellent , good , great …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HARD — INDEX: 1. when something does not change its shape or bend 2. food 3. to become hard or make something …
Longman Activator English vocab
HARD — See ↑ DIFFICULT 1,3, ↑ HARD 1,2, ↑ TIRED/TIRING 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be hard at work • ↑ be …
Longman Activator English vocab
DRIVE — INDEX: 1. to drive a car, train, or other vehicle 2. to go somewhere in a car or other vehicle …
Longman Activator English vocab
HARD — adj. 25B6; adjective hard ground : FIRM, solid, rigid, stiff, resistant, unbreakable, inflexible, impenetrable, unyielding, solidified, hardened, compact, compacted, dense, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BARGAIN — n. 25B6; noun I'll make a bargain with you : AGREEMENT, arrangement, understanding, deal; contract, pact, compact; pledge, promise. this …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — adj. 1 rigid, stiff, solid, inflexible, firm, dense, condensed, compressed, close, solidified, hardened; stony, rocklike, concrete, petrified, granite(-like), flinty, steely; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

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