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.
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.