into the bargain

prepositional phrase

along with it; additionally; as well

Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative US in the bargain

  1. informalalong with it; additionally; as well

    'Yet here I find you trying it again and looking like a beggar's child into the bargain.'

    1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 88
    2 more examples

    That same evening, the gentleman in the white waistcoat most positively and decidedly affirmed, not only that Oliver would be hung, but that he would be drawn and quartered into the bargain.

    1837, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 3, in Oliver Twist; […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC

    He was roofless, dinnerless, breakfastless, supperless, penniless, friendless, all at once; and brandyless into the bargain.

    1870, Blackwood's Magazine

    Synonyms: to boot, on top of that

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phrasealong with it; additionally; as well

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin addition; over and above what is expected

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto krome
  • kromealong with
Finnish kaupan päälle
  • kaupan päällealong with
French par-dessus le marché, pour couronner le tout
  • par-dessus le marchéalong with
  • pour couronner le toutalong with
German obendrein, zusätzlich
  • obendreinalong with
  • zusätzlichalong with
  • noch dazualong with
Irish le cois
  • le coisalong with
Polish na dokładkę, na dobitkę
  • na dokładkęalong with
  • na dobitkęalong with
Russian заодно, вдобавок
  • заодно (zaodno)along with
  • вдобавок (vdobavok)along with
  • в придачу (v pridaču)along with
  • сверх того (sverx tovo)along with
  • до кучи (do kuči)along with
  • кроме того (krome tovo)along with
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Chicago

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