I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bargain price ( also a knockdown/giveaway price ) (= much lower than usual )
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We sell quality cars at bargain prices.
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The house is available at a knockdown price of $195,000.
a bargaining/negotiating position (= someone’s ability to bargain/negotiate )
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The new law has strengthened workers' bargaining position .
bargain basement
bargaining chip
collective bargaining
free collective bargaining
plea bargaining
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
faustian
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But relying on it is a Faustian bargain .
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The town has struck a Faustian bargain , they contend -- trading something of its small-town soul for success.
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In making a pact with this devil, Lancaster County made a Faustian bargain .
good
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Its price is expected to be about £12,000 - which makes the Reliant a better bargain that even Del Boy could afford.
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Meanwhile, coupons are an even better bargain .
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So scribble down that wish list and get surfing to pick up some of the best bargains around.
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Buy the size of egg that gives the best bargain . 4.
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However, a few years down the line, a heavily discounted car might not look quite such a good bargain .
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There may not be a better bargain in Indiana than outdoor recreation.
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Perhaps the next best bargain after such rooms in blocks of workmen's dwellings is a portion of a small house.
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But patience, even for two or three months, will be rewarded with even better bargains .
great
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So Henry had been dispatched to the Market to see if there were any great bargains .
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Even with shipping costs of a billion dollars per ton, helium-3 would still be a great bargain .
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It currently costs £25,200 in basic form and is therefore one of the great bargains .
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But the service is a great bargain .
hard
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Cravath could drive an even harder bargain than it had been able to before.
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Suddenly she holds some back as if still determined to drive the hardest possible bargain .
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This drove a much harder bargain and, it has been suggested, represents the moment at which Edward overplayed his hand.
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Don't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain .
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It could also be that Reilly, who has never knowingly sold himself short, is driving a hard bargain .
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The farmer had grown used to billeting troops and drove a hard bargain .
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So he was right to drive a hard bargain .
real
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And that's what I call a real bargain: something that's an improvement and saves you money.
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Whatever you choose you are bound to get a real bargain .
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You can still learn on these older boards and at as little as £150 they can be a real bargain .
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With a round costing just £12 on the main course, this is a real golfing bargain .
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Some real bargains lie in wait amongst the never-ending maze of stalls.
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However, by handling the machine with some software, Comet Data could have come up with a real bargain .
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A real bargain , with lovely owners, two beautiful overrun gardens and some quite well-preserved original features.
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Again, you can pick up some real bargains here.
■ NOUN
basement
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Yet it isn't a stripped-out bargain basement model.
hunter
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Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.
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For the bargain hunter , plenty.
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Ten-mile tailbacks blocked roads as bargain hunters sprang into action after three days at home.
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And sale of the century ... the bargain hunters out in force.
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Tokyo broke a three-day losing streak as the bargain hunters picked up blue chips and tech stocks, writes Ken Hijino.
plea
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With their case in trouble, prosecutors agreed to a plea bargain .
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A source close to the defense team said the no contest plea was a key element in plea bargain negotiations.
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Within this context, many observers were not surprised that the prosecuting authorities reached an unusual plea bargain arrangement with Kanemaru.
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Herbert 92X refused to accept a plea bargain , since he regarded what had happened as an accident.
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The division decides which cases to prosecute, plea bargain or drop.
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She accepted a plea bargain and received a general discharge under honorable conditions.
price
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A bargain price may well attract considerable sales and at the same time discourage competitors.
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Any program that can satisfy so many wants at such a bargain price is guaranteed a very loyal constituency.
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A previous rights issue in 1991 raised some £25 million and helped the company buy up development land at bargain prices .
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Good hamburger merlots at bargain prices .
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You can also buy matching necklaces and earrings at bargain prices .
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I've done a deal with the Trust and Mirror readers can get this guide at the bargain price of 80p.
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It looks nice on me and it's a bargain price , too!
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See the amazing range of software at bargain prices !
■ VERB
buy
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Henry wants to prove to the world, and to himself, that he's bought a bargain .
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In Shenzhen, the Class B index of issues available to foreign investors climbed 1. 7 % as institutions bought bargains .
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Motorists queued yesterday outside the plant to buy bargain £4 bottles from the display on trestle tables.
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Every pair of shoes he bought was a bargain .
drive
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Cravath could drive an even harder bargain than it had been able to before.
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Suddenly she holds some back as if still determined to drive the hardest possible bargain .
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This drove a much harder bargain and, it has been suggested, represents the moment at which Edward overplayed his hand.
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Don't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain .
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It could also be that Reilly, who has never knowingly sold himself short, is driving a hard bargain .
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The farmer had grown used to billeting troops and drove a hard bargain .
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So he was right to drive a hard bargain .
find
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Start looking for suits and going away outfits early hopefully, you may find a sale bargain or two.
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Canoes? $ 700 to $ 1, 200 and up unless you get lucky and find a used bargain .
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Last year I found another bargain .
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Frequent shopping also improves your odds of finding a bargain or an item you particularly need.
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But you can find bargains if you know where to look.
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Towers found a bargain in Pete Smith, whose gutsy efforts will win him a starting berth somewhere next year.
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On the plus side, travelers will continue to find big bargains in cruises.
look
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But this beginning to look like a bargain .
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You know, comparison-shop. Look for bargains .
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If you are looking for a bargain check our early and late holidays for specially low rates.
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For surveyors and civil engineers, relief workers and war correspondents, the ultimate mobile phone looks like a bargain .
make
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You have made a bad bargain in marrying Havvie.
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Any estate owner who achieved this might be thought to have made a notable bargain .
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All of which makes it a bargain and one I shall miss for years to come.
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In making a pact with this devil, Lancaster County made a Faustian bargain .
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Which makes it the bargain of the week or a disposable donkey of a release, depending on your perspective.
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He would not have put it past her to make a kind of bargain on that basis.
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But she loved him, and that made it a bargain - and he didn't even deserve to be loved.
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It all makes £377 seem a bargain .
offer
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If you are, I can offer you a bargain which you can not afford to miss.
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Internet-based travel services are also creating a niche for themselves by offering last-minute travel bargains .
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If you are, I can offer you a splendid bargain .
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In sum, a reissue that would have had more of my blessing if offered at bargain price.
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Angelo offers her a bargain: if she will sleep with him her brother shall live.
pick
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Where better to pick up a few bargains than online?
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Read in studio Toy soldier enthusiasts have been gathering at an auction to try and pick up some bargains .
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Again, you can pick up some real bargains here.
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It specialises in selling new, refurbished and end of line computer stock and you can pick up some real bargains here.
seal
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He held his hand out and we shook, sealing an unspoken bargain .
seem
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But in the market at that time the ploy was far from enough to make the new models seem like bargains .
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It seemed a reasonable bargain in which each superpower could exert restraint over its regional allies.
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Watch out for any vehicle that seems too good a bargain .
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Irene sighed and shook her head: no visit to a foreign country seemed complete without bargains to carry home as trophies.
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It all makes £377 seem a bargain .
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Compared with the £1M plus that an equivalent Atex system would have cost it certainly seems a bargain .
strike
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The plant strikes a bargain with its emissary.
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The town has struck a Faustian bargain , they contend -- trading something of its small-town soul for success.
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Historically, an exchange was a physical thing; a room or building where people met to gather information and strike bargains .
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So we struck a bargain , or at least I thought we had.
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Buyer and seller strike a bargain with each individual purchase.
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In order to strike the best possible bargain on setting-day the men might invent stories of difficulty and adverse conditions.
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This should enable prosecutors to strike bargains at an appropriate penalty level.
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Alternatively, defendants might be able to strike favourable bargains and get off more lightly than they deserve.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drive/strike a hard bargain
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Don't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain.
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It could also be that Reilly, who has never knowingly sold himself short, is driving a hard bargain.
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So he was right to drive a hard bargain.
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The farmer had grown used to billeting troops and drove a hard bargain.
sb's side of a deal/bargain
seal a deal/bargain/pact etc
souvenir/autograph/bargain etc hunter
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And even if the signature is original it would only be of value to an autograph hunter not an art collector.
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During a recent visit he was mobbed by autograph hunters .
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Edgewater and Oak Hill have ordinances to protect possible archaeological sites from souvenir hunters .
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For the bargain hunter , plenty.
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Local militia had to protect it against enthusiastic souvenir hunters .
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Police even stopped one souvenir hunter cycling off with the ship's compass tucked under his arm.
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Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.
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Tokyo broke a three-day losing streak as the bargain hunters picked up blue chips and tech stocks, writes Ken Hijino.
strike a bargain/deal
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Ascend recently struck a deal to sell equipment to Pac Bell.
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Buyer and seller strike a bargain with each individual purchase.
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He struck a deal with the International Postal Union and received a copy of every stamp issued anywhere in the world.
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Historically, an exchange was a physical thing; a room or building where people met to gather information and strike bargains.
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Orlando, Florida, even struck a deal in which a developer built a new city hall.
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So we struck a bargain, or at least I thought we had.
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The company initially had struck a deal with Motorola.
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The plant strikes a bargain with its emissary.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Airlines aren't making money on bargain fares.
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Did you get any bargains at the market?
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I got this shirt when I was in Indonesia. It was a real bargain .
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The 10-ounce can is a better bargain than the 4-ounce one.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A bargain price may well attract considerable sales and at the same time discourage competitors.
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All he had to do was strike a bargain .
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He has already triggered a steep rise in transfer market prices by proving such a bargain at £2.5 million.
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Internet-based travel services are also creating a niche for themselves by offering last-minute travel bargains.
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Looking for a bargain on a status symbol?
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Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.
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The town has struck a Faustian bargain , they contend -- trading something of its small-town soul for success.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
for
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But Ben Macdhui has been known to give walkers more than they bargained for on several occasions.
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But some Tories think he might get more than he has bargained for .
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Choose your entertainments wisely this evening, as you could spend a lot more than you have bargained for .
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One thing I had not bargained for was the amount of Gaelic spoken in the country districts.
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It seems that our pursuit of happiness is proving to be much more radical than we bargained for .
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This is not what I bargained for .
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Jimmy Dean gave them more than they bargained for .
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Without commitment faith seems to cost more than we bargained for .
over
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Mr Adamec cited pressure from the opposition in bargaining over the shape of a new government as his reason for stepping down.
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Here and there were crowds of men bargaining over cattle and horses.
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This would be something to be bargained over .
■ NOUN
pay
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The government's concern has led it to exert fairly direct, although informal, control over the pay bargaining process.
plea
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The new government also wants approval of a law to protect witnesses and to encourage plea-bargaining .
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Most criminal cases are therefore settled without trial by the process of plea bargaining between the prosecutor and the defense attorney.
wage
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But there is, of course, another side to the wage bargaining coin.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bargaining position/power
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By tilting bargaining power towards labour, it encouraged big pay claims.
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In a competitive market the bargaining power of the owner of a particular commodity is limited.
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Naturally this bargaining power was not constant.
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Such a state of affairs provides the seller with a unique opportunity to exploit the relatively weak bargaining position of the investor.
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The United States seemed to be withholding its signature to achieve increased bargaining power.
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Western bargaining power had been eliminated.
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With the conference at last on the calendar, the various countries began preparatory activities to enhance their bargaining positions.
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Yet the desire for protection and security and some measure of equality in bargaining power would not down.
drive/strike a hard bargain
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Don't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain.
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It could also be that Reilly, who has never knowingly sold himself short, is driving a hard bargain.
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So he was right to drive a hard bargain.
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The farmer had grown used to billeting troops and drove a hard bargain.
earning/purchasing/bargaining etc power
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At the same time the peso was devalued by 600 % and inflation soared over consumers' purchasing power declined.
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Dollars have less international purchasing power and more dollars have to be spent.
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In a competitive market the bargaining power of the owner of a particular commodity is limited.
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Pensions represent a transfer of resources in the form of purchasing power from current taxpayers or pension-fund contributors to past contributors.
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That reduces the real purchasing power of wages.
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The drop in inflation boosted purchasing power , he said.
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The goods became obtainable, but not purchasable, because of the lack of purchasing power among the population.
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The third category relates to private transactions, where an equality of bargaining power is usually to be presumed.
sb's side of a deal/bargain
souvenir/autograph/bargain etc hunter
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And even if the signature is original it would only be of value to an autograph hunter not an art collector.
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During a recent visit he was mobbed by autograph hunters .
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Edgewater and Oak Hill have ordinances to protect possible archaeological sites from souvenir hunters .
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For the bargain hunter , plenty.
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Local militia had to protect it against enthusiastic souvenir hunters .
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Police even stopped one souvenir hunter cycling off with the ship's compass tucked under his arm.
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Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.
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Tokyo broke a three-day losing streak as the bargain hunters picked up blue chips and tech stocks, writes Ken Hijino.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All day Ambedkar bargained with the Hindu negotiators.
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And you need know nothing, not even what we bargain among us.
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So Knapman, committed to the mental hospital in August, has been stuck there longer than anyone bargained for.