bargaining chip
noun
: something that can be used to gain an advantage when trying to make a deal or an agreement
The workers used the threat of a strike as a bargaining chip in their negotiations.
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Russia has rejected the idea that Ukraine could use that land as a bargaining chip in any future talks.
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Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Michigan's economy isn't a bargaining chip, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) posted, adding that tariffs would endanger jobs and raise in-state prices on cars, gas and groceries.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Instead, each wondered separately if Drake filed this as a bargaining chip in his upcoming contract renegotiations with UMG.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Italian commentators had speculated that Iran detained and held Sala as a bargaining chip to ensure the release in Italy of Mohammad Abedini, who was arrested by Italian authorities at Milan’s Malpensa airport three days before, on Dec. 16, on a U.S. warrant.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Michigan's economy isn't a bargaining chip, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) posted, adding that tariffs would endanger jobs and raise in-state prices on cars, gas and groceries.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Instead, each wondered separately if Drake filed this as a bargaining chip in his upcoming contract renegotiations with UMG.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Italian commentators had speculated that Iran detained and held Sala as a bargaining chip to ensure the release in Italy of Mohammad Abedini, who was arrested by Italian authorities at Milan’s Malpensa airport three days before, on Dec. 16, on a U.S. warrant.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bargaining chip
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“Bargaining chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bargaining%20chip. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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