a real bargain

[luxury20041985]

According to Longman:

Bargin: 1 something you buy cheaply or for less than its usual price

https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/bargain


That second-hand table was a real bargain.


Does this sentence simply mean this table is cheap? Or does it imply that you have bargained with the seller and got a cheaper prize?

 

[Rover_KE]

That second-hand table was a real bargain.

Does this sentence simply mean that table was cheap? Yes.

Or does it imply that you have bargained with the seller and got a cheaper price?

No.

 

[emsr2d2]

It means it was cheap compared to its actual value/worth. A Lamborghini costing £200,000 could be regarded as a bargain if the normal cost is £500,000 but I don't think most of us would consider £200,000 to be cheap!