bargain (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Agreement, esp. to sell or buy1. pactĭo2. pactumII. A purchase, or the thing bought • bargain (subs.): I. Agreement, esp. to sell or buy: 1. pactĭo: to make a b. about anything, p. de aliqua re facere, Cic. 2. pactum: he adhered to the terms and b., mansit in conditione atque p., Cic.: b.s and agreements, p. conventaque, Sen. Phr.: to make a b., păciscor, pactus, 3: to make an unfair b., inique p., Cic.: v. to bargain; agreement. II. A purchase, or the thing bought: Phr.: he bought the house a good b., domum bene emit, Cic.: I shall be very glad to return the bad b., mihi maxime placet ea quae male empta sunt reddi, Cic.: that purchase has proved a bad b., *male evenit emptio illa.