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.
Examples of bargaining chip in a Sentence
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Keeping the sitting president off the ballot on a technicality is never appropriate, as a bargaining chip or otherwise.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024
If Ukraine’s future were to become Trump’s bargaining chip, that could prompt a series of shattering knock-on effects.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2024
Three of the defendants, with agreement with the judges and prosecutors, used the charges of illegally possessing firearms as a bargaining chip to get other charges reduced.
—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 12 May 2024
By taking away developers’ ability to propose large projects, the state could take away a powerful bargaining chip, some developers say.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
In this context, Iran’s nuclear program became important not only as a bargaining chip to negotiate sanctions removal but also as a deterrent that could protect the axis from U.S. attack.
—Narges Bajoghli, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2024
This argument, rooted in political strategy, suggests that the Taliban see girls’ education as a bargaining chip – a tool to achieve their political objectives.
—Enayat Nasir, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024
His bargaining chip: re-establishing income tax brackets that would give provincial governors much needed budget breathing room in a critical economic context.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Led by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, legislators in 2023 held up $800 million for a new UW-Madison engineering school and employee pay raises – their bargaining chip to force closure of public universities’ DEI offices.
—Kathleen Gallagher, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024
If Ukraine’s future were to become Trump’s bargaining chip, that could prompt a series of shattering knock-on effects.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2024
Three of the defendants, with agreement with the judges and prosecutors, used the charges of illegally possessing firearms as a bargaining chip to get other charges reduced.
—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 12 May 2024
By taking away developers’ ability to propose large projects, the state could take away a powerful bargaining chip, some developers say.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
In this context, Iran’s nuclear program became important not only as a bargaining chip to negotiate sanctions removal but also as a deterrent that could protect the axis from U.S. attack.
—Narges Bajoghli, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2024
This argument, rooted in political strategy, suggests that the Taliban see girls’ education as a bargaining chip – a tool to achieve their political objectives.
—Enayat Nasir, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024
His bargaining chip: re-establishing income tax brackets that would give provincial governors much needed budget breathing room in a critical economic context.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Led by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, legislators in 2023 held up $800 million for a new UW-Madison engineering school and employee pay raises – their bargaining chip to force closure of public universities’ DEI offices.
—Kathleen Gallagher, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
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