BARGAIN


Meaning of BARGAIN in English

I.

noun

1 sth sold at a lower price

ADJECTIVE

▪ absolute , amazing , excellent , good , great , incredible , real

VERB + BARGAIN

▪ find , get , pick up

I picked up a really good ~ in the market.

BARGAIN + NOUN

▪ buy ( esp. BrE ), price , rate

▪ hunter , hunting

▪ basement

The shop sells books at bargain-basement prices.

▪ bin

2 agreement

ADJECTIVE

▪ grand ( esp. AmE )

VERB + BARGAIN

▪ make , strike

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ between

A ~ was struck between the employers and the unions.

▪ ~ with

I'll make a ~ with you.

PHRASES

▪ drive a hard ~ (= force sb to agree to the arrangement that is best for you)

▪ sb's half of the ~ , sb's part of the ~ , sb's side of the ~

Her part of the ~ was to provide the food.

▪ keep (to) your half of the ~ , keep (to) your part of the ~ , keep (to) your side of the ~

You haven't kept your side of the ~.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ hard

He ~ed hard and was stubborn.

▪ collectively

the right of workers to ~ collectively

PREPOSITION

▪ about

He was prepared to ~ about money.

▪ for

to ~ for a better salary

▪ over

crowds of men ~ing over horses

▪ with

He tried to ~ with her.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .