different between bargain vs correspond

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

Etymology

From Middle French correspondre, from Latin com- (“with”) + respondeo (“to match, to answer to”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd/
• Hyphenation: cor?res?pond
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

correspond (third-person singular simple present corresponds, present participle corresponding, simple past and past participle corresponded)

1. (intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
3. (intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.

   I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.

4. (obsolete) To have sex with.
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:

     He pleaded guilty to the charge, so far as acknowledging that he had corresponded with other women lately, in order to get the better of his affection for me, but the experiment had failed, and he found that he should be for ever miserable.

   • 1756, Thomas Amory, Life of John Buncle:

     When a Babylonian and his wife had a mind to correspond, they always first lit up the fuming pan, imagining it improved the passion.

Translations

French

Verb

correspond

1. third-person singular present indicative of correspondre