different between ment vs bargain

English

Verb

ment

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of meng
2. Obsolete spelling of meant

Anagrams

• T-men

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin mentem, accusative singular of m?ns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?men/
• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

ment f (plural ments)

1. the mind
2. the spirit

Related terms

• -ment
• dement
• mental

Verb

ment

1. third-person singular present indicative form of mentir
2. second-person singular imperative form of mentir

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

ment

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of mennen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of mennen

Estonian

Etymology

From Russian ???? (ment).

Noun

ment (genitive mendi, partitive menti)

1. (slang) cop (police officer)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• politseinik
• võmm

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/

Verb

ment

1. third-person singular present indicative of mentir

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mentem, accusative singular of m?ns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

Noun

ment f (plural ments)

1. mind
2. intelligence

Related terms

• mentâl

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?nt]
• Hyphenation: ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From the obsolete verb menik (“to flee”) + -t (causative suffix).

Verb

ment

2. (transitive) to rescue, to save

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the men- stem of the verb megy +? -t.

Verb

ment

1. third-person singular past of megy

Participle

ment

1. past participle of megy
   • 1926, Gyula Juhász, Esti dal^[1] [’Evening Song’]

     De ha az alkonyat leszállott, / Olyan kedves, kámzsás barátok / A barna árnyékok nekem, / A messze menteket idézik

     But when the dusk has set in / The brown shadows are / Such nice, hooded monks for me, / Recalling those who went afar

Declension

Etymology 3

Adjective

ment (comparative mentebb, superlative legmentebb)

1. (archaic, literary) exempt

   Synonym: mentes

Declension

References

Further reading

• (to save): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (exempt): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ment

1. past participle of mene

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