different between stipulate vs bargain

English

Etymology 1

From Latin stipul?tus, perfect active participle of stipulor (“I demand a guarantee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?pju?le?t/, /?st?pj??le?t/

Verb

stipulate (third-person singular simple present stipulates, present participle stipulating, simple past and past participle stipulated)

1. (transitive) To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
   • 2003, Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor:

     My contract stipulated that I would make dinner for him at six o'clock and leave at seven after finishing the dishes; but the Professor began objecting to this schedule as soon as my son arrived on the scene.

2. (transitive) To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
3. (transitive, formal, law) To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
4. (intransitive, followed by for) To ask for a contractual term.
5. (intransitive, formal, law) To mutually agree.

Derived terms

• stipulated
• stipulative

Related terms

• stipulation

Translations

Etymology 2

stipule +? -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?pj?l?t/

Adjective

stipulate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

Antonyms

• exstipulate

Translations

Italian

Verb

stipulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of stipulare
2. second-person plural imperative of stipulare
3. feminine plural of stipulato

Latin

Participle

stipul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of stipul?tus

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