bargain

bar|gain1 [ `bargən ] noun count **

1. ) something you buy that costs much less than normal:

You should be able to pick up a few good bargains.

a ) a lower than usual price:

Twenty dollars is a real bargain!

2. ) an agreement in which two people or groups each promise to do something:

After hours of negotiating, a bargain was finally reached.

keep your side/end/part of the bargain (=do what you agreed): How do we know you'll keep your part of the bargain?

strike a bargain (=reach an agreement): It was impossible to strike a bargain that both sides would accept.

a ) drive a hard bargain to argue in a very determined way in order to reach an agreement that benefits you

in/into the bargain

in addition to the things already mentioned:

With careful planning, you can avoid delays and save yourself a lot of money into the bargain.

=> COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, PLEA BARGAINING

bargain

bar|gain 2 [ `bargən ] verb intransitive *

to try to persuade someone to give you a better price or make an agreement that suits you better:

You can get even better deals if you're prepared to bargain.

more than you bargained for/not what you bargained for

something different from what you expected, especially something worse

`bargain ,on phrasal verb transitive

bargain on something to expect something to happen, often because something else depends on it:

bargain on (someone) doing something: She's bargaining on me changing my mind.