"strike a bargain" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1659, Henry Hammond, chapter 22, in A Paraphrase and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament, London: Richard Davis, The Gospel according to S. Luke, page 257:",
          "text": "And they gladly embraced the treaty, and struck a bargain with him [Judas Iscariot], that he should have thirty shekels to deliver him [Jesus] up without much noise,",
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          "ref": "1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 14, in The Vicar of Wakefield, volume 1, London: F. Newbery, page 139:",
          "text": "My horse was soon produced, and in fine we struck a bargain. Nothing now remained but to pay me, and he accordingly pulled out a thirty pound note,",
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          "ref": "1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter 11, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "I think you had better strike a bargain: exchange me for Mrs. Pryor.",
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          "ref": "1997, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 16, in Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life, London: Secker & Warburg, page 134:",
          "text": "She hires a contractor named Retief, striking a bargain with him that for fifteen pounds he will convey not only the furniture but the three of them as well, in his cab.",
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        "To enter into a bargain; to agree upon the conditions of a sale or other transaction."
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          "agree",
          "agree"
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          "condition",
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          "sale",
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          "word": "make a deal"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "enter into a bargain",
          "word": "paciscor"
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          "roman": "zaključítʹ sdélku",
          "sense": "enter into a bargain",
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          "word": "заключи́ть сде́лку"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "enter into a bargain",
          "word": "taro'r bargen"
        }
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "enter into a bargain",
      "word": "paciscor"
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      "roman": "zaključítʹ sdélku",
      "sense": "enter into a bargain",
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      "word": "заключи́ть сде́лку"
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      "sense": "enter into a bargain",
      "word": "taro'r bargen"
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