A labor union designated by an appropriate government agency or recognized by the employer as the exclusive representative of all employees in the bargaining unit for purposes of collective bargaining

(law) The process of negotiating a verdict and sentence without a complete trial.

Alternative spelling of plea-bargaining

A method of negotiation in which employees negotiate as a group with their employers, usually via a trade union

(idiomatic) An agreement in which a person abandons his or her spiritual values or moral principles in order to obtain knowledge, wealth or other benefits.

plural of plea bargain

To dispose of in a bargain, usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage.

(law) A form of conveyance by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase, i.e. the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession.

(law) A bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price.

(archaic) A bad bargain. / (archaic) A forfeit paid for withdrawing from a bargain.