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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Their release was made to look like an escape by the gang, which is being accused of abducting the missionaries, including five children, as a bargaining chip to help secure Joly’s release from a Haitian prison.
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Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
The move into Kursk was designed to pull Russian resources from Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, and offer up a bargaining chip to the Ukrainians for future peace talks.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
There’s an undercurrent of electricity between her and the ruthless cartel leader (Salma Hayek) using her as a bargaining chip, but Stone is too cowardly to let the hotties smooch, squandering the only energy Lively was able to muster for this potent strain of mess.
—Lizzie Logan, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Russian and allied North Korean soldiers have nearly deprived Kyiv of a key bargaining chip by retaking most of the region, where Ukrainian troops staged a surprise incursion last year.
—Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
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Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
The move into Kursk was designed to pull Russian resources from Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, and offer up a bargaining chip to the Ukrainians for future peace talks.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
There’s an undercurrent of electricity between her and the ruthless cartel leader (Salma Hayek) using her as a bargaining chip, but Stone is too cowardly to let the hotties smooch, squandering the only energy Lively was able to muster for this potent strain of mess.
—Lizzie Logan, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Russian and allied North Korean soldiers have nearly deprived Kyiv of a key bargaining chip by retaking most of the region, where Ukrainian troops staged a surprise incursion last year.
—Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 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 23 May. 2025.
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