bargain counter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bargain counter
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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That meant that President Roosevelt would continue to adjust customs rates over the bargain counter of reciprocal agreements with other countries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Julie, who met Charles-Hubert at a bargain counter where "their hands clasped over a pair of socks at a reduced price," is a kind of Clausewitz of the cash register.
From Time Magazine Archive
In most retailing, however, the bargain counter is blacked-out for the duration; the ceiling price has become the selling price.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet I don't think you should get out of stocks; when the market puts shares on the bargain counter, logic dictates that you should buy, not sell.
From Time Magazine Archive
The thermometer of his manner fell a degree when he learned that she was an employee; nevertheless, he directed her to the bargain counter where black dress skirts were being sold.
From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
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