| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | negotiate terms of sale or agreement |
Synonyms: |
agree, arrange, barter, buy, compromise, confer, contract, covenant, deal, dicker, do business, haggle, make terms, palter, promise, sell, stipulate, trade, traffic, transact |
| Main Entry: | bargaining |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trade |
Synonyms: |
dealings, exchange, haggling, trading, transaction |
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Main Entry: | agreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concurrence |
Synonyms: |
acceding, accession, accommodation, accord, accordance, acknowledging, adjustment, affiliation, affinity, alliance, amity, approving, arbitration, arrangement, assenting, authorizing, bargaining, compatibility, compliance, complying, compromise, concert, concession, concord, concordance, concurring, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, endorsing, granting, harmony, mediation, ratifying, reconciliation, similarity, suitableness, sympathy, understanding, union, unison, verification, verifying |
Antonyms: |
disagreement |
| Main Entry: | barter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trade goods or services |
Synonyms: |
bargain, exchange, haggle, swap, trade, traffic, truck |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commerce, trade |
Synonyms: |
affairs, bargaining, barter, buying and selling, capital and labor, commercialism, contracts, deal, dealings, exchange, free enterprise, game, industrialism, industry, manufacturing, market, merchandising, production and distribution, racket, sales, selling, trading, traffic, transaction, undertaking |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Main Entry: | confer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, deliberate |
Synonyms: |
advise, argue, bargain, blitz*, brainstorm*, breeze*, collogue, confab, confabulate, consult, converse, deal, debate, discourse, flap, gab, get heads together, give meeting, groupthink, huddle, jaw, kick ideas around, negotiate, parley, pick one's brain, powwow, speak, talk, toss ideas around, treat |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to terms |
Synonyms: |
accept offer, adjust, agree, arrange, assent, bargain, become indebted, bound, buy, circumscribe, clinch, close, come around, commit, consent, covenant, dicker, engage, enter into, firm a deal, give one's word, go along with, hammer out deal, initial*, ink, it's a deal, limit, make terms, negotiate, obligate, owe, pact, pledge, promise, put in writing, set, settle, shake hands on it, sign for, sign papers, sign up, stipulate, swear to, undertake, work out details |
Antonyms: |
break off, disagree |
| Main Entry: | covenant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree |
Synonyms: |
bargain, concur, contract, engage, pledge, plight, promise, stipulate, swear, undertake, vow |
Antonyms: |
break, disagree |
| Main Entry: | cut a deal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a deal |
Synonyms: |
bargain, barter, bicker, dicker, do business, hammer out a deal, negotiate, trade, work out a deal |