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bargained for

bargained for is the simple past and past participle of bargain for.

Meaning of bargain for

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To count on; to take into consideration.
    • I thought my suggestions would be appreciated, but the backlash is more than I had bargained for.
    Synonyms:
    bargain on

Questions about bargained for

What is bargained for the simple past and past participle of?
Bargained for is the simple past and past participle of bargain for.

Words near bargained for in the dictionary

  1. bargain-basement
  2. bargain-basements
  3. bargainable
  4. bargained
  5. bargained away
  6. bargained for
  7. bargained on
  8. bargainee
  9. bargainees
  10. bargainer
  11. bargainers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bargained for (page history and authors); bargain for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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