(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.
Treat
Definition:
(v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
(v. t.) To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
(v. t.) To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company.
(v. t.) To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.
(v. t.) To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in the use of remedies or appliances; as, to treat a disease, a wound, or a patient.
(v. t.) To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.
(v. t.) To entreat; to beseech.
(v. i.) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties.
(v. i.) To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.
(v. i.) To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.
(n.) A parley; a conference.
(n.) An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
(n.) That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
Example Sentences:
(1) A report is presented of 6 surgically-treated cases of recurrent cervical carcinoma.
(2) The microsomal preparations from untreated Syrian golden hamster livers exhibited higher activities of N-demethylation towards the macrolide antibiotics, erythromycin and troleandomycin, than those from untreated and phenobarbital-treated rats.
(3) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
(4) The fluoride treated specimens released more fluoride than the nontreated ones.
(5) % hatch X 20000) of ticks from treated cattle with that of ticks from untreated cattle.
(6) Measurement of the intraspinal monoamine level revealed a decrease in the intraspinal norepinephrine level in the treated animals.
(7) gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate release from the treated side was higher than the control value during the first 2-3 h, a result indicating an important role of glial cells in the inactivation of released transmitter.
(8) This finding is of major importance for persons treated with diltiazem who engage in sport.
(9) In the group of high myopia (over 20 D), the mean correction was 13.4 D. In the group with refraction between 0 and 6 D, 88% of the eyes treated had attained a correction between -1 and +1 D 3 months postoperatively.
(10) A total of 104 evaluable patients 20-90 years old treated by direct vision internal urethrotomy a.m. Sachse for urethral strictures reported retrospectively via a questionnaire their sexual potency before and after internal urethrotomy.
(11) Sixteen patients in whom schizophrenia was initially diagnosed and who were treated with fluphenazine enanthate or decanoate developed severe depression for a short period after the injection.
(12) Two cases with primary Carcinoma in situ (Cis) were treated with the same protocol.
(13) Twelve patients with South American mococutaneous leishmaniasis who attended the Hospital Amazonico in Peru between February and September 1974 were treated with amphotericin B.
(14) Side effect incidence in patients treated with the paracetamol-sobrerol combination (3.7%) was significantly lower than that observed in subjects treated with paracetamol (6.1% - P less than 0.01), salicylics (25.1% - P less than 0.001), pyrazolics (12.6% - P less than 0.001), propionics (20.3%, P less than 0.001) or other antipyretics (17.9% - P less than 0.001).
(15) However, there was no statistically significant difference in mean areas under the LH and FSH curves in the GnRH-treated groups.
(16) A modification of Mason's vertical banded gastroplasty for morbid obesity is presented, along with experience from 62 treated patients.
(17) Arteries treated with atrial natriuretic peptide showed no alterations in relaxation or cGMP content after incubation with pertussis toxin.
(18) A J-shaped relationship with a dip at the middle SBP (140-149 mmHg) was recognized between treated SBP and CVD.
(19) Moreover, in DCVC-treated cells the mitochondria could not be stained with rhodamine-123, indicating severe mitochondrial damage and loss of membrane potential.
(20) Herbalists in Baja California Norte, Mexico, were interviewed to determine the ailments and diseases most frequently treated with 22 commonly used medicinal plants.