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BARGAIN DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bargain down mean? 

BARGAIN DOWN (verb)
  The verb BARGAIN DOWN has 1 sense:

1. persuade the seller to accept a lower priceplay

  Familiarity information: BARGAIN DOWN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BARGAIN DOWN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Persuade the seller to accept a lower price

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

bargain down; beat down

Context example:

She beat the merchant down $100

Hypernyms (to "bargain down" is one way to...):

chaffer; haggle; higgle; huckster (wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot bargain down Sue


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