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bargaining

/bahr-guhn/US // ˈbɑr gən //UK // (ˈbɑːɡɪn) //

议价,讨价还价,谈判,谈价

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
    • : an agreement between parties settling what each shall give and take or perform and receive in a transaction.
    • : such an agreement as affecting one of the parties: a losing bargain.
    • : something acquired by bargaining.
    • : Informal. an agreeable person, especially one who causes no trouble or difficulty: His boss is no bargain.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to discuss the terms of a bargain; haggle; negotiate.
    • : to come to an agreement; make a bargain: We bargained on a three-year term.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to arrange by bargain; negotiate: to bargain a new wage increase.
    • : to anticipate as likely to occur; expect: I'll bargain that he's going to give those company directors plenty of trouble.
  1. 1
    • : bargain for, to anticipate or take into account: The job turned out to be more than he had bargained for.
    • : bargain on, to expect or anticipate; count or rely on: You can't bargain on what she'll do in this situation.

Phrases

  • bargain for
  • drive a bargain
  • into the bargain
  • make the best of it (a bad bargain)
  • more than one bargained for
  • strike a bargain

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • It invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips.

  • That victory for the tab became a bargaining chip in all future dealings with the superstar.

  • To the contrary, she said, she did not necessarily believe that collective bargaining needed to be reformed.

  • Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Erdogan said there were critics accusing Turkey of bargaining with ISIS.

  • “If they are referring to financial bargaining, this is out of the question,” he said.

  • Here and there you could see brown men robed in white sitting near these mountains of fruit, bargaining about the prices.

  • Chicot was bargaining for some horses, when he saw the monk reappear, carrying the saddles and bridles of the mules.

  • A sort of Oriental bargaining takes place, the seller asking twice as much as the object is worth and he intends to take.

  • The City being the centre of London had a certain amount of trading and bargaining from the earliest times.

  • How long the process of bargaining might have been protracted is uncertain.