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Definition: To bargain away
Bargain
\Bar"gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bargained (?); p. pr.
& vb. n.
Bargaining.]
To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to
bargain one horse for another.
[1913 Webster]
To bargain away, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually
with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away
one's birthright.
“The heir . . . had somehow bargained
away the estate.” --G. Eliot.
[1913 Webster]