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Compromise vs Bargain - What's the difference?

compromise | bargain |

In intransitive terms the difference between compromise and bargain

is that compromise is to find a way between extremes while 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.

In transitive terms the difference between compromise and bargain

is that compromise is to breach (a security system) while bargain is to transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

As nouns the difference between compromise and bargain

is that compromise is the settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions while 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 verbs the difference between compromise and bargain

is that compromise is to bind by mutual agreement while 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.

compromise

Noun

(en noun)
  • The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
  • * Shakespeare
  • But basely yielded upon compromise / That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows.
  • * Burke
  • All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
  • * Hallam
  • An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions.
  • A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
  • a compromise of character or right
  • * Lamb
  • I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them.

    Verb

    (compromis)
  • (ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Laban and himself were compromised / That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied / Should fall as Jacob's hire.
  • To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
  • * Fuller
  • The controversy may easily be compromised .
  • To find a way between extremes.
  • To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
  • * Motley
  • To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances.
  • To cause impairment of.
  • To breach (a security system).
  • He tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.

    Derived terms

    * compromising (adjective )

    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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