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Anahit Chilingaryan Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Bargain

Hi everyone.

I wonder whether the word "bargain" is the same as "discounted product."

Thanks in advance.

  

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A bargain (in the sense you mean) is anything that is very good value for money, for which you pay less than you would have expected. A discounted product may well be a bargain (if the discount is significant). A bargain is not necessarily a discounted product.

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  • A bargain (in the sense you mean) is anything that is very good value for money, for which you pay less than you would have expected.
  • A discounted product may well be a bargain (if the discount is significant).
  • A bargain is not necessarily a discounted product.
  • For example, it may be very cheap at the regular price.
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A bargain (in the sense you mean) is anything that is very good value for money, for which you pay less than you would have expected.

A discounted product may well be a bargain (if the discount is significant).

A bargain is not necessarily a discounted product. For example, it may be very cheap at the regular price.

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Anahit ChilingaryanI wonder whether the word "bargain" is the same as "discounted product."

No. You can get a 10% discount on a men's platinum Rolex watch with diamonds, but at $41,299.98, it is no bargain.

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A "discounted product" sounds a bit negative to me, as if the manufacturers couldn't sell it at the old price and so had discounted it. I might be a bit suspicious. Has it a poor reputation? Is it out of date? (Of course it may be fine.)

A "bargain" sounds very positive: something worth much more than I had to pay for it

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