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bargain away

bargain away verb: to dispose of in a bargain, usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage.

Verb

bargain away (third-person singular simple present bargains away, present participle bargaining away, simple past and past participle bargained away)

  1. To dispose of in a bargain, usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage.
    • to bargain away one's birthright
    • The heir […] had somehow bargained away the estate.1866, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Felix Holt, the Radical […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC

Forms of bargain away

third-person singular presentbargains away
present participlebargaining away
past participlebargained away
pastbargained away

Questions about bargain away

What does bargain away mean?
Bargain away means to dispose of in a bargain, usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage.
What part of speech is bargain away?
Bargain away is a verb.
What is the past tense of bargain away?
The past tense of bargain away is bargained away.

Words near bargain away in the dictionary

  1. bargadars
  2. bargain
  3. bargain agent
  4. bargain agents
  5. bargain and sale
  6. bargain away
  7. bargain basement
  8. bargain basements
  9. bargain bin
  10. bargain bins
  11. bargain bucket

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