bargain
n. countablen. something you buy for a much lower price than usual. You use this word when you feel you got a great deal for your money.
n. an advantageous purchase, specifically an item acquired at a price significantly below its market value. Also refers to a formal agreement or contract between two parties.
This leather jacket was a real bargain.
She found a great bargain at the local market, buying a high-quality winter coat for half the original price.
While the initial price seemed like a bargain, the hidden maintenance costs eventually made the investment far more expensive than a newer model would have been.
From Middle English bargaynen (“to bargain, make a pledge for sale”), from Old French bargaigner (“to bargain”), from Frankish borganjan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Germanic burgijaną (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, secure”). Akin to Old High German boragēn, borgēn (“to look after, care for”) (German borgen), Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge”). More at borrow. Compare French barguigner and Portuguese barganhar.
Commonly used with the verb 'to be' or 'to find'. Often takes the preposition 'at' when describing the price.