| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action: accord, agreement, arrangement, compact2, deal, pact, understanding. See AGREE. 2. An agreement, especially one involving a sale or exchange: compact2, contract, covenant, deal, transaction. See AGREE. 3. Something offered or bought at a low price: Informal : buy, deal. Slang : steal. See MONEY, TRANSACTIONS. | | VERB: | 1. To enter into a formal agreement: contract, covenant. See AGREE. 2. To argue about the terms, as of a sale: dicker, haggle, higgle, huckster, negotiate, palter. See AGREE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | bargain for To look forward to confidently: anticipate, await, count on, depend on or (upon), expect, look for, wait (for). Informal : figure on. See SURPRISE.
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