different between bargain vs chevisance

English

Etymology

From Middle English bargaynen (“to bargain, make a pledge for sale”), from Old French bargaigner (“to bargain”), from Frankish *borganjan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Germanic *burgijan? (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?erg?- (“to protect, secure”). Akin to Old High German borag?n, borg?n (“to look after, care for”) (German borgen), Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge”). More at borrow.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bäg?n, IPA^(key): /?b????n/, /-??n/
• (General American) enPR: bärg?n, IPA^(key): /?b?????n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)??n, -??(?)??n
• Hyphenation: bar?gain

Noun

bargain (plural bargains)

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.
   • 1883, J. J. S Wharton, Wharton's Law Lexicon:

     A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.

2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.

   Synonyms: contract, engagement, stipulation

   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III scene ii^[1]:

     […] And when your honors mean to solemnize
     The bargain of your faith, I do beseech you,
     Even at that time I may be married too.

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

   Synonym: steal

   Synonym: rip-off

4. A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.

   • Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

5. The thing stipulated or purchased.

   Synonym: purchase

   • c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act V scene ii^[2]:

     If he say so, may his pernicious soul Rot half a grain a day! He lies to th' heart. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain.

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: barki

Verb

bargain (third-person singular simple present bargains, present participle bargaining, simple past and past participle bargained)

1. (intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate
   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I^[3]:

     So worthless peasants bargain for their wives.

     United we bargain, divided we beg

   They had to bargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug.

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• haggle

Anagrams

• Bagrian, braaing

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bargayn, bargayne, bargan, bargen, bargeyn, bargynne

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman bargaigne, from bargaigner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar???i?n(?)/, /?bar??n(?)/

Noun

bargain (plural bargaines)

1. A corporate agreement; a trade deal.
2. A pact; a concord; an agreement with legal force.
3. A project, venture or endeavour.
4. (rare) An item or product; a commodity.
5. (rare) A situation as an outcome of prior behaviour from others.
6. (rare) A promise or commitment; an obligation due to prior agreement.
7. (rare) An argument or dispute.

Descendants

• English: bargain
• Scots: bargain

References

• “bargain(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-06.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bargain m

1. genitive singular of bargan
2. nominative plural of bargan

English

Alternative forms

• chevisaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French chevisance, from chevir. The 'chivalrous adventure' sense is thought to be first used by Edmund Spenser, who incorrectly linked chevisance to Old French chevalerie (“chivalry”).

Noun

chevisance (countable and uncountable, plural chevisances)

1. (obsolete) Help, remedy; a resource or solution.
2. (obsolete) The raising of money; money raised or lent for some purpose.
3. (obsolete) Chivalrous adventure.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book IV, lxxxi:

     Ah! be it not pardie declared in France, / Or elsewhere told where court'sy is in prize, // That we forsook so fair a chevisance, / For doubt or fear that might from fight arise.

4. (obsolete) A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact.
5. (obsolete) An unlawful agreement or contract.

Anagrams

• chievances

Old French

Noun

chevisance f (oblique plural chevisances, nominative singular chevisance, nominative plural chevisances)

1. sustenance

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (chevisance)