Difference between Deal and Bargain

What is the difference between Deal and Bargain?

Deal as a noun is a division, a portion, a share. while Bargain as a noun is an agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

Deal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Made of deal.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A division, a portion, a share. An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by or ). An act of dealing or sharing. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this. A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain. An agreement between parties; an arrangement A situation, occasion, or event. A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object. Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one's portion or share. To administer or give out, as in small portions. To distribute cards to the players in a game. To pitch. To have dealings or business. To take action; to act. To trade professionally (followed by in). To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs. To be concerned with. To handle, to manage, to cope.

Example sentence: The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

Bargain

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.A purchase; also (when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.

Example sentence: I signed on as the clown, and, by golly, I'll keep up my end of the bargain.

We hope you now know whether to use Deal or Bargain in your sentence.

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