bargain counter

noun

1. a counter or area in a retail store where merchandise is sold at reduced prices.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bargain counter¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Mr. McKenna found Mr. Dooley standing at the end of his bargain counter with the glasses on the tip of his nose.

From Project Gutenberg

Then I should have to tell her the real reason: I didn't want to marry her or anybody else on such a bargain-counter basis.

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He would have put the soil on the bargain counter for you one day and shot you up the next.

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The majority of mankind are as fond of getting their ideas as they do their household wares, at a bargain counter.

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And, say, talk about your mass plays around a shirtwaist bargain counter!

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Related Words

• competitive
• economical
• low-cost
• low-priced
• reasonable