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bargain bin

British

noun

a container in a shop from which customers can buy goods that may be old or imperfect at greatly reduced prices

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bargain bin

Instead—during a summer when other players were inking deals north of $250 million—Brunson sat in the NBA’s bargain bin, and the Knicks could scoop him at just the 46th-highest salary in the league.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Digging through the bargain bin requires a selective approach.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025

Waste Management is in the bargain bin compared with its competitors.

From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025

A few scenes later, Seema meets up with a bargain bin Richard Branson at a restaurant.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025

What if he saw the dumbo Pretty Princess game with half its jewels missing in the bargain bin?

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

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