bargain (1174-75)
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bargain (1174-75)

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[ FEW: 15/i,190a *borganjan; Gdf: 1,584c bargaigne; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,840 bargaigne; DEAF:  bargaignier (bargaigne); DMF:  bargaigne; TLF: ∅; OED:  bargain n.1; MED:  bargain(e n.; DMLBS: 182c barganium ]
bargaigne,  bargaine,  bargaing,  bargein;  bergain ,  bargainie  i 156  

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1merch.finan.bid(ding), offering of a price for something: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  licitatum: bargayn  ii 165
2agreement, accord: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Iloek font le bargain de la traison bastie  350.1577
♦merch.finan.agreement, business deal (enforceable by law, involving a quid pro quo): 
( 1303 )  avant ceo q’il i avoyt nul covenant ou bargain entre T. e E. de cez tenemenz  30-31 Ed I 355
( 1345 )  il y ad quid pro quo; et issint bargayn de quei court avera conissance  19 Ed III 101
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xivex )  si veulletz accepter l’avantdit bargaine [...], vous l’averetz a meillour marché que nul autre  361
( 1398 )  Item, ressu en une bargeyn de mace [...] .xx. s.  80
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  le dit evesqe par cause de une bargayne fait parentre luy et le dit sire J. fist cancellere la primer chartre  97.32
( 1415-16 )  Item a W.H., masoun, de le premere bargayn et abat .xiij. li.  3 Henry V
♦bargain, good price: 
( MS: c.1400 )  j’ay aperceu un bon bergain des laines  (H1) 45v
3acceptance (of a challenge): 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Ki juster volt a cumpaignun tost i trova bargaine!  191
de male bargain
1unpleasant to deal with: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  un senescal i out en Alemaigne, Felun e de male bargaigne  12210
faire bargain
1to make an offer: 
( 1354 )  furent mandez J. [...] et R. [...] a eux pur bargeyn faire et a oier lour responce  92
♦also_fig.to do a deal: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  Reis, je vus durai ma sorur Pur Ysolt ki aim par amur. Fesum bargaine, fesum change!  289
tenir bargain de
1 finan. to bargain, bid for: 
( 1323 ) le counte de Arondel vous ad toché par ses lettres de tenit (l. tenir) bargain ové vous de vostre manoir de Wykham, [...] e vous ad tendu .ij. m. li. pour la reversion  116.111
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