bargain for

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bargain for

(intr, preposition) to expect; anticipate (a style of behaviour, change in fortune, etc): he got more than he bargained for.

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bargain

noun

1. An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action:

accord, agreement, arrangement, compact, deal, pact, understanding.

2. An agreement, especially one involving a sale or exchange:

compact, contract, covenant, deal, transaction.

3. Something offered or bought at a low price:

Informal: buy, deal.

Slang: steal.

verb

1. To argue about the terms, as of a sale:

dicker, haggle, higgle, huckster, negotiate, palter.

2. To enter into a formal agreement:

contract, covenant.

phrasal verb
bargain for or on

To look forward to confidently:

anticipate, await, count on, depend on (or upon), expect, look for, wait (for).

Informal: figure on.

Translations

يَتَوَقَّع، يَكونُ مُسْتَعِدّا لِ

být připraven napočítat s

erwarten

attendre à

reikna meî

aspettarsi mercanteggiare

tenke seg

aklına gelmekbeklemek ummak

指望

w>bargain for

vi +prep obj (inf: = expect) → rechnen mit, erwarten; I hadn’t bargained for that → damit hatte ich nicht gerechnet; I got more than I bargained for → ich habe vielleicht mein blaues Wunder erlebt! (inf); (in argument also) → ich habe vielleicht eins draufbekommen! (inf)

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bargain

(ˈbaːgin) noun

1. something bought cheaply and giving good value for money. This carpet was a real bargain.

2. an agreement made between people. I'll make a bargain with you.

verb

to argue about or discuss a price etc. I bargained with him and finally got the price down.

bargain for

to expect or take into consideration. I didn't bargain for everyone arriving at once.

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And on the rulers turned I my back, when I saw what they now call ruling: to traffic and bargain for power--with the rabble!

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"Leveling the sacred condition of matrimony to that of a mere bargain for a horse or a dog!"

It shall never be said Thomas Thurston was so lost to himself as to bargain for a wife."