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
