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BARGAIN DOWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Persuade the seller to accept a lower price

Example:

She beat the merchant down $100

Synonyms:

bargain down; beat down

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "bargain down" is one way to...):

chaffer; haggle; higgle; huckster (wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot bargain down Sue

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