to drive bargain

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• drive a hard bargain — To bargain vigorously and uncompromisingly before coming to an agreement • • • Main Entry: ↑bargain * * * be uncompromising in making a deal * * * drive a hard bargain ◇ If you drive a hard bargain, you do not agree easily to what other people… …   Useful english dictionary

• drive a hard bargain — See: DRIVE A BARGAIN …   Dictionary of American idioms

• drive a hard bargain — See: DRIVE A BARGAIN …   Dictionary of American idioms

• bargain — ► NOUN 1) an agreement made between people as to what each will do for the other. 2) a thing bought or offered for sale for a low price. ► VERB 1) negotiate the terms of an agreement. 2) (bargain for/on) expect. ● …   English terms dictionary

• drive a hard bargain — ► to expect a lot in exchange for what you pay or agree to: »The unions are driving a hard bargain on pay. Main Entry: ↑drive …   Financial and business terms

• drive a hard bargain — ► drive a hard bargain press forcefully for a deal in one s favour. Main Entry: ↑bargain …   English terms dictionary

• drive a bargain — index dicker, haggle, handle (trade), trade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• drive — [drīv] vt. drove, driven, driving [ME driven < OE drifan, akin to Goth dreiban, Ger treiben, ON drīfa < IE base * dhreibh , to push] 1. to force to go; urge onward; push forward 2. to force into or from a state or act [driven mad] 3. to… …   English World dictionary

• drive a bargain — bargain, negotiate …   English contemporary dictionary

• drive — ▪ I. drive drive 1 [draɪv] verb drove PASTTENSE [drəʊv ǁ droʊv] driven PASTPART [ˈdrɪvn] driving PRESPART drive a hard bargain COMMERCE to …   Financial and business terms

• bargain — I n. agreement 1) to drive; make, strike; seal a bargain 2) to meet one s end of a bargain 3) a hard bargain (she drives a hard bargain) 4) a bargain with (we struck a bargain with them) 5) a bargain to + inf. (they made a bargain not to cut… …   Combinatory dictionary