What's the difference between bargain and compact?

Bargain


Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
  • (n.) A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.
  • (n.) The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Neal’s evidence to the committee said Future Fund staff were not subject to the public service bargaining framework, which links any pay rise to productivity increases and caps rises at 1.5%.
  • (2) But still we have to fight for health benefits, we have to jump through loops … Why doesn’t the NFL offer free healthcare for life, especially for those suffering from brain injury?” The commissioner, however, was quick to remind Davis that benefits are agreed as part of the collective bargaining process held between the league and the players’ union, and said that they had been extended during the most recent round of negotiations.
  • (3) For the best part of a week, the world’s leaders – more than 150 of them – will mingle, bargain and argue over the state of the world at the UN general assembly in New York.
  • (4) With grievous amazement, never self-pitying but sometimes bordering on a sort of numbed wonderment, Levi records the day-to-day personal and social history of the camp, noting not only the fine gradations of his own descent, but the capacity of some prisoners to cut a deal and strike a bargain, while others, destined by their age or character for the gas ovens, follow "the slope down to the bottom, like streams that run down to the sea".
  • (5) Bargain of the week Charming but teeny-tiny one-bedroom period cottage, £55,000, with williamsonandhenry.com .
  • (6) Critics of Rouhani’s policy of rapprochement with the international community inside Iran can turn to the supreme leader and say there wasn’t really much need for that softer tone because now we have more bargaining chips in our hands.
  • (7) And they will be bargaining with regimes that they have held at arm’s length.” She added the EU “should be rethinking its approach.
  • (8) The collectively bargained rights of all players must be vehemently preserved and we take that obligation seriously,” the statement said.
  • (9) When I peruse a potential bargain I know I am influenced more by the extent of the reduction than whether the discounted item is something we really want.
  • (10) He called for nothing less than a "grand bargain" among major players of the world economy.
  • (11) Bargaining is a question of clout, and which side has more of it.
  • (12) But the best way to guarantee fair pay is through strengthening unions’ ability to bargain collectively – giving employees the right to organise through a union and negotiate their pay, terms and conditions at work,” he writes.
  • (13) But the star – who is better known for divisive wins at awards ceremonies and singing about the merits of charity shop bargains – was one of many hip-hop and urban artists who made their voices heard after the grand jury’s decision to not indict Wilson.
  • (14) People go to where the bargains are and at present they are in the north.
  • (15) "I don't usually hang around for the bargains, but it doesn't hurt to be careful with money when you live in Tokyo.
  • (16) Dealers desperately want to believe in the German plan so bond yields fell in Italy and Spain yesterday on expectations that Sarkozy and Merkel will settle any remaining differences on Monday, the ECB will cut interest rates on Thursday and the Brussels summit will agree a Grand Bargain on Friday.
  • (17) By failing to address some of the flaws before escalating the number of assessments, the government is in grave danger of undermining the principle of helping people into work, and risks failing the most needy into the bargain.
  • (18) As a result, we talk about the issues and get a glimpse of each other's perspectives, into the bargain.
  • (19) And leaving the programme should be the responsibility not just of the debt country but the creditor country as well.” Athens, Tsakalotos continued, had kept its side of the bargain, legislating highly unpopular reforms to produce savings of 2% of GDP, while the European Union and International Monetary Fund had not kept theirs.
  • (20) Information about healthcare "bargains" is easy to obtain.

Compact


Definition:

  • (p. p. & a) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
  • (p. p. & a) Composed or made; -- with of.
  • (p. p. & a) Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
  • (p. p. & a) Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.
  • (v. t.) To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.
  • (v. t.) To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
  • (n.) An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The estimated DNA compaction ratio (approximately 3-fold) is consistent with a significant degree of nucleosome unfolding in the hyperstimulated BR genes.
  • (2) DNA compactization by protamines and histones HI is discussed in terms of the results obtained.
  • (3) At S-L clefts, paranodal-nodal regions, and Schwann cell nuclei, the axonal areas were smaller and the NF densities were higher than at compact myelinated regions.
  • (4) A compact attachment for microscope-type instruments is described enabling to introduce, rapidly and qualitatively, minute biological speciments into melted embedding medium and ensuring the safety of optics.
  • (5) Laminin was already present on the cell surface at the 2-cell stage, while nidogen was first detectable on compacted 8- to 16-cell stage morulae.
  • (6) Both types of molecules are compact and globular in shape and apparently contain beta-pleated sheet conformation.
  • (7) The tail region appeared to be cleaved off, making the head region less compact.
  • (8) Qualitatively the cell aspirator collected epithelial cells which were better preserved morphologically, but also a larger number of compact cell clusters.
  • (9) The ultrastructural study of nucleoli and ribonucleoprotein-containing structures in human seminiferous tubules revealed that the nucleoli of spermatogonia, spermatocytes and Sertoli cells exhibited a tripartite structure consisting of: a fibrillar center, a compact granular portion, and a reticular portion containing both pars fibrosa and pars granulosa.
  • (10) Compaction of the morula is a prerequisite for subsequent differentiation of the mouse embryo.
  • (11) Most double-helical segments were reactive to cobra venom ribonuclease to some degree; the exceptions were the five "long-range" helices that are probably compactly folded within the structure.
  • (12) During powder compaction on a Manesty Betapress, peak pressures, Pmax, are reached before the punches are vertically aligned with the centres of the upper and lower compression roll support pins.
  • (13) Based on these results we propose that the linearization of the DNA elution dose-response curve observed after chromatin decondensation reflects a reduction in the degree of chromatin compactness in the nuclear complexes that leads to a relatively uniform distribution of the DNA on the filter and reduces trapping of elutable material in the compact nuclear structures otherwise present.
  • (14) Cleavage to the compacted and cavitating stages was achieved in 78% and 69%, respectively, of human embryos cocultured in 24-48 hour human ampullary subcultures as compared to 50% and 33%, respectively, for embryos grown in culture medium alone.
  • (15) These observations strongly suggest that (i) GCN4 specifically recognizes the central base pair, (ii) the optimal half-site for GCN4 binding is ATGAC, not ATGAG, and (iii) GCN4 is a surprisingly flexible protein that can accommodate the insertion of a single base pair in the center of its compact binding site.
  • (16) In fact, the large scattering angle we chose, theta = 135 degrees, allowed us to assemble a very compact source-detector device.
  • (17) A monoclonal antibody to the cell adhesion molecule, E-cadherin, which mediates mouse embryo compaction, completely blocks compaction induced by these activators of PKC.
  • (18) At rostral levels, one third of the tracts are loosely built forming a king of curtain, while they become more compact at caudal levels.
  • (19) This shows that the compaction of chromatin associated with transcriptional inactivation does not require phosphorylation of H3 and suggests that the level of basal phosphorylation of H1 is not correlated with the intensity of transcription or DNA replication.
  • (20) After 8 days of incubation, SM subdivides into superficial (compact) and deep (disperse) sublaminae.