\Bar"gain\, n. [OE. bargayn, bargany, OF. bargaigne,
bargagne, prob. from a supposed LL. barcaneum, fr. barca a
boat which carries merchandise to the shore; hence, to
traffic to and fro, to carry on commerce in general. See
{Bark} a vessel. ]
1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of
   property; or a contract by which one party binds himself
   to transfer the right to some property for a
   consideration, and the other party binds himself to
   receive the property and pay the consideration.
         A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
                                               --Wharton.
2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
         And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain
         of your faith.                        --Shak.
3. A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful
   transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing
   at a bargain.
4. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought
   cheap.
         She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. --Shak.
{Bargain and sale} (Law), a species of conveyance, by which
   the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the
   bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and
   seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then
   completes the purchase; i. e., the bargain vests the use,
   and the statute vests the possession. --Blackstone.
{Into the bargain}, over and above what is stipulated;
   besides.
{To sell bargains}, to make saucy (usually indelicate)
   repartees. [Obs.] --Swift.
{To strike a bargain}, to reach or ratify an agreement. ``A
   bargain was struck.'' --Macaulay.
Syn: Contract; stipulation; purchase; engagement.

\Bar"gain\, v. i. [OE. barganien, OF. bargaigner, F.
barguigner, to hesitate, fr. LL. barcaniare. See {Bargain},
n.]
To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of
property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to
bargain with a farmer for a cow.
      So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. --Shak.

\Bar"gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bargained} (?); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Bargaining}.]
To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to
bargain one horse for another.
{To bargain away}, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually
   with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away
   one's birthright. ``The heir . . . had somehow bargained
   away the estate.'' --G. Eliot.