baregin, baregine (barazhin)

[ I'll do my best To woo your lady: [ Aside ] yet, a barful strife! Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife. Shak., T. N., i. 4. bargain (bärgān), n . [ bar gayne, bargeyn , bargen , etc., bargaine , bargaigne = Pr. barganh, barganha = Pg. bar bargain (bär'gan), v. [ The thrifty state will bargain ere they fight. Dryden . 2. To come to or make an agreement; stipulate; make or strike a bargain: with a person, for an object: as, he bargained with the producers for a daily supply. So worthle peasants bargain for their wives As market-men for oxen, sheep, or horse. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 5. I alighted, and having bargained with my host for 20 crownes a moneth, I caused a good fire to be made in my chamber. Evelyn , Diary, Nov. 4, 1644. II. trans. 1. To arrange beforehand by negotiation and agreement. 'Tis bargain'd That she shall still be curst in company. Shak., T. of the S., ii. 1. 21. To agree to buy or sell. - To bargain away, to part with or lose as the result of a bargain. The heir had somehow bargained away the estate. George Eliot , Felix Holt, Int. bargain-chop (bär'gan-chop), n. A kind of gambling "option" on opium to arrive, formerly common among foreign traders in China. bargainee