bargain counter

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of bargain counter

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

By last week the surging bull market had knocked many of the stocks off the bargain counter.

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

But as most experts in the field know, the bargain counter is risky; an estimated 50% to 60% of all companies up for sale are in trouble.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seats for the opening week were selling like bargain counter goods and there was not one to be had for love or money for opening night.

From Time Magazine Archive

The mother, naturally, will smile upon the poor little thing; she will dote upon it as women do on the ordinarily useless articles they purchase with money or pain at the bargain counter of life.

From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George

Related Words

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