bargain+for
11bargain for — or[bargain on] {v.} To be ready for; expect. * /When John started a fight with the smaller boy he got more than he bargained for./ * /The final cost of building the house was much more than they had bargained on./ Compare: COUNT ON …
12bargain for — or[bargain on] {v.} To be ready for; expect. * /When John started a fight with the smaller boy he got more than he bargained for./ * /The final cost of building the house was much more than they had bargained on./ Compare: COUNT ON …
13bargain for — or bargain on PHRASAL VERB: usu with brd neg If you have not bargained for or bargained on something that happens, you did not expect it to happen and so feel surprised or worried by it. [V P n] The effects of this policy were more than the… …
14bargain for/on — be prepared for; expect. → bargain …
15bargain for/on — Syn: expect, anticipate, be prepared for, allow for, plan for, reckon with, envisage, foresee, predict, count on, reckon on; N.Amer.; informal figure on …
16bargain for — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. expect, plan on, foresee; see anticipate 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) or on verb To look forward to confidently: anticipate, await, count on, depend on (or upon), expect, look for, wait (for). Informal: figure on. See… …
17bargain for — phrasal expect < more work than I bargained for > …
18bargain for — haggle in an attempt to get a good price, fight for a good price …
19bargain — ► NOUN 1) an agreement made between people as to what each will do for the other. 2) a thing bought or offered for sale for a low price. ► VERB 1) negotiate the terms of an agreement. 2) (bargain for/on) expect. ● …
20Bargain — Bar gain, v. i. [OE. barganien, OF. bargaigner, F. barguigner, to hesitate, fr. LL. barcaniare. See {Bargain}, n.] To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a… …