bargain
noun
an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost.
have bargained
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present perfectof bargain.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Kroger’s category managers have bargained separately over individual product categories like chips and soda, or beef and chicken, even when the same company sells both.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
Unions across a range of industries in the U.S. such as rail, healthcare have bargained for higher wages and benefits in a tight labor market and a high inflationary environment.
From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2023
“We have bargained and bargained and bargained and bargained and bargained, and we are not getting anywhere, and we need to do something more,” said Rebecca Givan, president of Rutgers AAUP-AFT.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2023
“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
