bargainer

bar·gain  (bärgn)

n.

1. An agreement between parties fixing obligations that each promises to carry out.

2.

a. An agreement establishing the terms of a sale or exchange of goods or services: finally reached a bargain with the antique dealer over the lamp.

b. Property acquired or services rendered as a result of such an agreement.

3. Something offered or acquired at a price advantageous to the buyer.

v. bar·gained, bar·gain·ing, bar·gains

v.intr.

1. To negotiate the terms of an agreement, as to sell or exchange.

2. To engage in collective bargaining.

3. To arrive at an agreement.

v.tr.

To exchange; trade: bargained my watch for a meal.

Phrasal Verb:

bargain for/on

To count on; expect: "I never bargained for this tearing feeling inside me" (Anne Tyler).

Idiom:

into/in the bargain

Over and above what is expected; in addition.

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[Middle English, from Old French bargaigne, haggling, from bargaignier, to haggle, of Germanic origin; see bhergh-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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bargain·er n.

Synonyms: bargain, compact², contract, covenant, deal¹
These nouns denote an agreement arrived at after a discussion in which the parties involved promise to honor their respective obligations: kept my end of the bargain and mowed the lawn; made a compact to correspond regularly; a legally binding contract to install new windows; a covenant for mutual defense; ignored the requests that weren't part of the deal.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bargainer - someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold dealer, monger, trader art dealer - a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation barterer - a trader who exchanges goods and not money bibliopole, bibliopolist - a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) cheesemonger - someone who sells cheese barrow-boy, barrow-man, costermonger - a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow cutler - a dealer in cutlery draper - a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods) fence - a dealer in stolen property fishmonger, fishwife - someone who sells fish horse trader - a hard bargainer hardwareman, ironmonger - someone who sells hardware; "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger" mercer - a dealer in textiles (especially silks) merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade seedman, seedsman - a dealer in seeds slop-seller, slopseller - a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing stamp dealer - a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors) stock trader - someone who buys and sells stock shares
	2.	bargainer - negotiator of the terms of a transaction; "he is a hard bargainer" haggler - an intense bargainer negotiant, negotiator, treater - someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)

Translations

bargainer [ˈbɑː^rgɪnə^r] n (= negotiator) → négociateur/trice m/f
to be a hard bargainer → être un redoutable négociateur
bargain hunter bargain-hunter n → personne f à l'affût des bonnes occasions

bargainer

n to be a good/bad bargainer → handeln/nicht handeln können; (in negotiations) → gut/nicht gut verhandeln können; to be a hard bargainer → hart handeln or (in negotiations) → verhandeln