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bargain for something and bargain on something to plan for something; to expect something. We knew the project would be difficult, but we didn't bargain for this kind of trouble. I bargained on an easier time of it than this. See also: bargain How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She always made a bargain for it, by holding up, as a statement of its just price, one finger less than the merchant held up, whatever his number might be. And on the rulers turned I my back, when I saw what they now call ruling: to traffic and bargain for power--with the rabble! Moreover they had Grip in company; and when they must otherwise have changed the guinea, it was but to make him exhibit outside an alehouse door, or in a village street, or in the grounds or gardens of a mansion of the better sort, and scores who would have given nothing in charity, were ready to bargain for more amusement from the talking bird. |
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