prebargain

adj

prebargain

adj

Etymology From pre- + bargain.

1

Prior to a bargain being struck.

[…] whereas, were the masters to reintroduce slavery, both sides would return to the prebargain state, which would fall within the frontier and, therefore, would be inefficient.1998, Jules L. Coleman, Markets, Morals, and the Law, page 321:

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