different between engage vs bargain
engage
English
Alternative forms
- ingage (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Frankish *anwadj?n (“to pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *an-, *andi- + Proto-Germanic *wadj?n? (“to pledge, secure”), from Proto-Germanic *wadj? (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed?- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- +? gage. Cognate with Old English anwedd (“pledge, security”), Old English weddian (“to engage, covenant, undertake”), German wetten (“to bet, wager”), Icelandic veðja (“to wager”). More at wed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??e?d?/, /?n??e?d?/
- Rhymes: -e?d?
Verb
engage (third-person singular simple present engages, present participle engaging, simple past and past participle engaged)
- (heading, transitive) To interact socially.
- To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- To draw into conversation.
- the difficult task of engaging him in conversation
- To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
- Good nature engages everybody to him.
- To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- (heading) To interact antagonistically.
- (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs
- a favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy
- 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs
- (intransitive) To enter into battle.
- (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- (heading) To interact contractually.
- (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
- (obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- Thou that doest liue in later times, must wage / Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- (heading) To interact mechanically.
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- (engineering, transitive) To come into gear with.
- The teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another.
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
- “ […] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]”
- (transitive, obsolete) To entangle.
Antonyms
- (to cause to mesh or interlock): disengage
Derived terms
- engagement
- disengage
- disengagement
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.?a?/
Verb
engage
- first-person singular present indicative of engager
- third-person singular present indicative of engager
- first-person singular present subjunctive of engager
- third-person singular present subjunctive of engager
- second-person singular imperative of engager
Anagrams
- gagnée
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- what engages your intellectual curiosity
bargain
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)
- 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.
- 1883, J. J. S Wharton, Wharton's Law Lexicon:
- 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.
- […] And when your honors mean to solemnize
- An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
- Synonym: steal
- Synonym: rip-off
- 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; […].
- 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)
- (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.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I[3]:
- (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)
- A corporate agreement; a trade deal.
- A pact; a concord; an agreement with legal force.
- A project, venture or endeavour.
- (rare) An item or product; a commodity.
- (rare) A situation as an outcome of prior behaviour from others.
- (rare) A promise or commitment; an obligation due to prior agreement.
- (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
- genitive singular of bargan
- nominative plural of bargan
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- what does bargain mean
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