Brand vs Bargain - What's the difference?
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A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.
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(archaic) A sword.
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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.
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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, title= (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.
(advertising) Associated with a particular product, service, or company.
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.
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*:A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
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*: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.
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*:She was too fond of her most filthy bargain .
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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.
To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.
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)- Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.
- Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Waved over by that flaming brand .
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Synonyms
* trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name * (reputation) repute, name, good nameDerived terms
* brand awareness * brand equity * brand image * brand linkage * brand name * brand parity * brand stretch * branding * branding moment * own brandSee also
* * * * * * * * Picture Sorts * trademark * servicemarkVerb
(en verb)Man Utd 1-6 Man City, passage=As Ferguson strode briskly towards the Stretford End at the final whistle, he will have been reflecting on the extent of the challenge now facing him from the club he once branded "noisy neighbours".}}
Adjective
(-)- That computer company has brand recognition.
- Have we settled on our brand name?
bargain
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* contract, engagement, purchase, stipulation * (an advantageous purchase) stealAntonyms
* rip-offDerived terms
* bargain basement * Faustian bargain * into the bargain * prebargainingVerb
- So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. -- Shakespeare.
- united we bargain, divided we beg