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Bargain vs. Discount

Bargain and Discount Definitions

Bargain

An agreement between parties fixing obligations that each promises to carry out.

Discount

To sell or offer for sale at a reduced price
Discounting all merchandise.

Bargain

An agreement establishing the terms of a sale or exchange of goods or services
Reached a bargain with the antique dealer over the lamp.

Discount

To reduce in quantity or value
Discount a price.

Bargain

Property acquired or services rendered as a result of such an agreement.

Discount

To deduct or subtract from a cost or price
Discounted 30 dollars off the price of the coat.
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Bargain

Something offered or acquired at a price advantageous to the buyer
That silk dress is a bargain at that price.

Discount

To determine the present value of (a future payment or series of payments).

Bargain

To negotiate the terms of an agreement, as to sell or exchange.

Discount

To price (a bond or other debt security) at a reduction to its face value, especially in place of a coupon.

Bargain

To engage in collective bargaining.

Discount

To disregard or doubt (something) as being exaggerated or untrustworthy
Discount a rumor.
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Bargain

To arrive at an agreement.

Discount

To underestimate the significance or effectiveness of; minimize
I made sure in my report not to discount your accomplishments.

Bargain

To exchange; trade
Bargained my watch for a meal.

Discount

To anticipate and make allowance for; reckon with in advance.

Bargain

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.

Discount

A reduction from the full or standard amount of a price or value.
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Bargain

An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.

Discount

The amount by which the face value of a bond or other debt security exceeds its market price.

Bargain

An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price

Discount

Offering products or services for sale at low or reduced prices
A discount retailer.
A discount airline.

Bargain

A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
To buy a thing at a bargain
At that price, it's not just a bargain, it's a steal.

Discount

Sold or offered for sale at a low or reduced price
Discount merchandise.

Bargain

The thing stipulated or purchased.

Discount

Reduced in quantity or value
Discount airfares.

Bargain

(intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate
They had to bargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug.

Discount

Priced below face value, especially in place of a coupon
A discount bond.

Bargain

(transitive) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade

Discount

To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like.
Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

Bargain

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.

Discount

To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest
The banks discount notes and bills of exchange

Bargain

An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
And whon your honors mean to solemnizeThe bargain of your faith.

Discount

To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

Bargain

A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.

Discount

To leave out of account or regard as unimportant.
They discounted his comments.
They discounted his suggestion.
They discounted his idea.

Bargain

The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.
She was too fond of her most filthy bargain.

Discount

To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount

Bargain

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.

Discount

To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

Bargain

To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

Discount

A reduction in price.
This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.

Bargain

An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each;
He made a bargain with the devil
He rose to prominence through a series of shady deals

Discount

(finance) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

Bargain

An advantageous purchase;
She got a bargain at the auction
The stock was a real buy at that price

Discount

The rate of interest charged in discounting.

Bargain

Negotiate the terms of an exchange;
We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar

Discount

(figurative) A lack or shortcoming.

Bargain

Come to terms; arrive at an agreement

Discount

The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.

Discount

Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices.
If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner.

Discount

To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

Discount

To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
Discount only unexceptionable paper.

Discount

To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

Discount

To leave out of account; to take no notice of.
Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's).

Discount

To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.

Discount

A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.

Discount

A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

Discount

The rate of interest charged in discounting.

Discount

The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

Discount

Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

Discount

A refund of some fraction of the amount paid

Discount

An amount or percentage deducted

Discount

Bar from attention or consideration;
She dismissed his advances

Discount

Give a reduction in price on;
I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes

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