different between bargain vs swap

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

• swop

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sw?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

From Middle English swappen (“to swap”), originally meaning "to hurl" or "to strike", the word alludes to striking hands together when making an exchange; probably from Old English *swappian, a secondary form of Old English sw?pan (“to swoop”). Cognate with German schwappen (“to swap”). Compare also Middle English swippen (“to strike, hit”), from Old English swipian (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), Old Norse svipa (“to swoop, flash, whip, look after, look around”). More at swipe.

Verb

swap (third-person singular simple present swaps, present participle swapping, simple past and past participle swapped)

1. (transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).

   Synonyms: exchange, switch, trade
2. (transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.

Synonyms

• (exchange or give (something) in exchange for): interchange, switch; See also Thesaurus:switch
• (hit, strike): bang, knock, tap; See also Thesaurus:hit
• (beat the air): flap
• (rush hastily): fly, speed, zoom; See also Thesaurus:rush

Hyponyms

• (exchange or give (something) in exchange for): hot-swap, swap in, swap out

Translations

Etymology 2

[1620] From the verb swap.

Noun

swap (plural swaps)

1. An exchange of two comparable things.
2. (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
3. (computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.

Synonyms

• (an exchange of things): barter, quid pro quo, trade

Hyponyms

• (financial derivative): credit default swap; total return swap

Derived terms

• swapsies

Related terms

• swap line
• swap meet

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English swap, swappe (“a blow, strike, lash from a whip”), from the verb (see Etymology 1 above).

Noun

swap (countable and uncountable, plural swaps)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A blow; a stroke.

References

• swap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• APWs, AWPs, WAPs, WASP, WSPA, paws, spaw, waps, wasp

Finnish

Etymology

From English swap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??p/, [?s???p]
• IPA^(key): /?s?æp/, [?s??æp]

Noun

swap

1. (finance, slang) swap (financial derivative)
2. (computing, slang) swap (auxiliary memory)

Declension

Synonyms

• (in finance): vaihtosopimus

Derived terms

• verbs: swapata