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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Strategically, Hamas has sought all along to use the hostages as a bargaining chip to constrain Israel and force it to end the war—and thereby guarantee Hamas’s own survival.
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Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2025
Boeing was upgraded at Bank of America, which heralded the use of the company's planes as a bargaining chip in the Trump administration's trade deals.
—John Melloy, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Russia said last month that its forces had fully reclaimed the Kursk region, nearly nine months after Kyiv’s lightning incursion captured more than 100 settlements there and promised to hand Ukraine a bargaining chip in possible negotiations.
—Yehor Konovalov, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Since then, Russia, with support from North Korean soldiers, has been fighting to oust Ukraine’s forces from its borders, while Kyiv had poured precious resources into holding onto its territory there, with the view of using it as a key bargaining chip in any peace talks.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
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Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2025
Boeing was upgraded at Bank of America, which heralded the use of the company's planes as a bargaining chip in the Trump administration's trade deals.
—John Melloy, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Russia said last month that its forces had fully reclaimed the Kursk region, nearly nine months after Kyiv’s lightning incursion captured more than 100 settlements there and promised to hand Ukraine a bargaining chip in possible negotiations.
—Yehor Konovalov, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Since then, Russia, with support from North Korean soldiers, has been fighting to oust Ukraine’s forces from its borders, while Kyiv had poured precious resources into holding onto its territory there, with the view of using it as a key bargaining chip in any peace talks.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Bargaining chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bargaining%20chip. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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