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er party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration. A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. Wharton.

The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold. Blackstone.

One who makes a bargain; -- sometimes in the sense of bargainor.

One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another. Blackstone.

An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

Purchase; bargaining. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.] Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull.

An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain. [Scot.] Arles penny, earnest money given to servants. Kersey.

To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant. [R.] Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased. Selden.

To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.

reduce to the least possible inconvenience; as, to make the best of ill fortune or a bad bargain.

An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own. Story.…

ity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. [Scotch] We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to the next stage. Smollett. If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it. Sir W. Scott.

The act of seizing or taking hold of Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier.

Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] Holished.

One who chaffers; a bargainer.

Traffic; bargaining. [Obs.] Spenser.

To bargain; to buy. [Obs.]

A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. [Obs.] The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe. Shak.

To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. [Obsoles.] Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. Swift.