A person who receives or accepts the offer in a bargain or negotiated deal.
From 'bargain' plus the suffix '-ee' (from French '-é'), which indicates the recipient or object of an action (as in 'employee' or 'trainee'). This is a formal legal or commercial term.
The '-ee' suffix creates a beautiful symmetry in English—'bargainer' (the one doing the bargaining) versus 'bargainee' (the one being bargained with)—similar to 'employer' and 'employee,' showing how suffixes help us label relationships.
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