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bargain counter

noun

a counter or area in a retail store where merchandise is sold at reduced prices.

Origin of bargain counter

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby bargain counter

barfly, bargain, bargain away, bargain basement, bargain bin, bargain counter, bargain for, bargain on, bargain-basement, bargaining agent, bargaining chip

Example sentences from the Web for bargain counter

But seriously, we're getting you at a bargain-counter price.

The City of Numbered Days |Francis Lynde
I was tired of being haggled over, like marked-down goods on a bargain-counter.

The Prairie Child |Arthur Stringer
When she saw that Mrs. Cregan was not going to speak, she looked up at the girl with a bargain-counter keenness.

McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 |Various
Everything was of the factory, with the odor of the bargain-counter.

Max Fargus |Owen Johnson

Did you ever see a bargain-counter crowd on Twenty-third Street?

Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas |Rupert Hughes