Meanings
alternative US in the bargain
- 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 882 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, →OCLCHe was roofless, dinnerless, breakfastless, supperless, penniless, friendless, all at once; and brandyless into the bargain.
1870, Blackwood's MagazineSynonyms: 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
Cite this entry
into the bargain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/into%20the%20bargain
“into the bargain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/into%20the%20bargain. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “into the bargain,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/into%20the%20bargain.
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