GRE Word List

BARGAIN

an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other

The meaning of the word bargain is an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other.

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