bargaining counter

Examples (10)

• The company used its key patent as a powerful bargaining counter in the merger talks.
• The country's rich mineral resources served as a significant bargaining counter during international trade negotiations.
• Withdrawal of the troops will be their main bargaining counter in the peace talks.
• By revealing their plans early, they effectively gave away their strongest bargaining counter.
• The union's threat of a strike was its most effective bargaining counter for better wages.
• What do we have as a bargaining counter now that they've rejected our initial offer?
• His silence on the matter became a surprisingly effective bargaining counter.
• Historically, control over the trade route was a crucial bargaining counter for the empire.
• The defendant's willingness to provide testimony was presented as a bargaining counter for a reduced sentence.
• Without a viable bargaining counter, their negotiating position is incredibly weak.