bargain basement

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bargain basement

A basement floor in a department store where items are sold at discounted prices.

bar′gain-base′ment adj.

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bargain basement

(Commerce) part of a shop where goods are sold at reduced prices

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bar′gain base′ment

a basement area in some stores where goods are sold at reduced prices.

[1895–1900]

bar′gain-base′ment

adj.

1. low-priced.

2. shoddy.

[1955–60]

Translations

bargain basement

n → reparto occasioni

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