bargain
noun
an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost.
bargained
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past participleof bargain.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof bargain.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
bargainnounan advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost.
Example Sentences
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Slate’s Alexander Sammon paid the lab a visit and learned more than he bargained for.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
It is something to be bargained for, prayed over—and repaid in promises that may or may not be kept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The pursuit of revenge takes a spiritual tax on a person that can sometimes cost more than they’ve bargained for, and we see the unraveling effects of that in “The Exes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
The series came with less filter but more chaos and more drama than you may have bargained for – with arguably the biggest girl divide the villa has ever seen.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
“That’s no kind of trade at all! If I hadn’t got me a deer this morning, what would you have bargained with then?”
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
