Bargain Definition–noun | 1. | an advantageous purchase, esp. one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore. | | 2. | an agreement between parties settling what each shall give and take or perform and receive in a transaction. | | 3. | such an agreement as affecting one of the parties: a losing bargain. | | 4. | something acquired by bargaining. | | 5. | Informal. an agreeable person, esp. one who causes no trouble or difficulty (usually used in negative constructions): His boss is no bargain. | –verb (used without object) | 6. | to discuss the terms of a bargain; haggle; negotiate. | | 7. | to come to an agreement; make a bargain: We bargained on a three-year term. | –verb (used with object) | 8. | to arrange by bargain; negotiate: to bargain a new wage increase. | | 9. | to anticipate as likely to occur; expect (usually fol. by a clause): I'll bargain that he's going to give those company directors plenty of trouble. | —Verb phrases | 10. | bargain for, to anticipate or take into account: The job turned out to be more than he had bargained for. | | 11. | ba
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Travel Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure. | | 2. | to move or go from one place or point to another. | | 3. | to proceed or advance in any way. | | 4. | to go from place to place as a representative of a business firm. | | 5. | to associate or consort: He travels in a wealthy crowd. | | 6. | Informal. to move with speed. | | 7. | to pass, or be transmitted, as light or sound. | | 8. | Basketball. walk (def. 9). | | 9. | to move in a fixed course, as a piece of mechanism. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to travel, journey, or pass through or over, as a country or road. | | 11. | to journey or traverse (a specified distance): We traveled a hundred miles. | | 12. | to cause to journey; ship: to travel logs downriver. | –noun | 13. | the act of traveling; journeying, esp. to distant places: to travel to other planets. | | 14. | travels, | a. | journeys; wanderings: to set out on one's travels. | | b. | journeys as the subject of a written account or literary work: a book of travels. | | c. | such an account or work. | | | 15. | the coming and going of persons or conveyances along a way of passage; traffic: an increase in travel on state roads. | | 16. | Machinery. | a. | the complete movement of a moving part, esp. a reciprocating part, in one direction, or the distance traversed; stroke. | | | 17. | movement or passage in general: to reduce the travel of food from kitchen to table. | –adjective | 18. | used or designed for use while traveling: a travel alarm clock. | |
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... financial turmoil) is turning into something of a last-minute gift to bargain-seeking vacationers who have yet to make holiday travel plans.
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With airlines cutting capacity, fares are likely to jump this fall. But that doesn’t mean bargain travel has flown the coop.
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South Yorkshire Times - Found Sep. 10, 2008
BARGAIN hunting bus passengers are being given the chance of a free day's travel by Stagecoach Yorkshire during September.
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