bargaining chip

Frequency: 7.012.3 per million words

an issue or a concession that one party can use to gain an advantage in a negotiation

bargainingbargaining + NOUN

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Examples (10)

  • The hostages were used as a bargaining chip in the complex international negotiations.
  • The company held onto its patent portfolio as a key bargaining chip for future partnerships.
  • They will likely use the new trade tariff as a bargaining chip to secure better terms.
  • If they had more evidence, it would serve as a powerful bargaining chip.
  • He seemed to be using his emotional vulnerability as a bargaining chip to get what he wanted.
  • The defendant's willingness to testify against others was his only bargaining chip with the prosecutor.
  • Control over the water supply has become a major bargaining chip in the regional dispute.
  • The senator saw the amendment as a valuable bargaining chip to push his own agenda.
  • Do you think they are holding the information just as a bargaining chip?
  • Lacking any other leverage, the small nation had to use its strategic location as its primary bargaining chip.