bargain
noun
an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost.
am bargaining
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present progressiveof bargain (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I consider myself, therefore, a made man, and am bargaining for a country seat on the Hudson.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Poe, Edgar Allan
We start for Florence, post, on Friday morning, and I am bargaining for a carriage to take us on to Venice.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina
"I am bargaining for a supporter," Burr told himself, "not for a rival," and became if possible more deferentially courteous than before.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
