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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 price
Familiarity information: BARGAIN DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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