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Brand vs Bargain - What's the difference?

brand | bargain |

As an adjective brand

is burnt, branded.

As a noun bargain is

an agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

As a verb bargain is

to make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.

brand

English

(wikipedia brand)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.
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  • Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.
  • (archaic) A sword.
  • * (John Milton)
  • Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Waved over by that flaming brand .
    (Tennyson)
  • A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle, or to classify the contents of a cask.
  • A branding iron.
  • A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.
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  • A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
  • Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
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  • The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand name, or of a person.
  • Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
  • Synonyms

    * trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name * (reputation) repute, name, good name

    Derived terms

    * brand awareness * brand equity * brand image * brand linkage * brand name * brand parity * brand stretch * branding * branding moment * own brand

    See also

    * * * * * * * * Picture Sorts * trademark * servicemark

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
  • :When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
  • To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
  • :The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.
  • To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
  • :Her face is branded upon my memory.
  • To stigmatize, label (someone).
  • :He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.
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  • *:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
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  • (marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
  • :They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.
  • Adjective

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  • (advertising) Associated with a particular product, service, or company.
  • That computer company has brand recognition.
    Have we settled on our brand name?

    bargain

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
  • *(rfdate) (w, Wharton's Law Lexicon)
  • *:A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
  • An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
  • *(rfdate), (William Shakespeare)
  • *:And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith.
  • An item (usually brand new) purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price; also (when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
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  • *:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
  • The thing stipulated or purchased.
  • *(rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
  • *:She was too fond of her most filthy bargain .
  • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * contract, engagement, purchase, stipulation * (an advantageous purchase) steal

    Antonyms

    * rip-off

    Derived terms

    * bargain basement * Faustian bargain * into the bargain * prebargaining

    Verb

  • To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.
  • So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. -- Shakespeare.
    united we bargain, divided we beg
  • To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.
  • Derived terms

    * bargain agent * bargain away * bargain date

    See also

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    Anagrams

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