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as in negotiation

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verb

present participle of bargain

as in negotiating

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price

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as in agreeing

to come to an arrangement as to a course of action I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes

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as in arranging

to bring about through discussion and compromise bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with

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Recent Examples of bargaining

Noun

In late July — around the same time SEIU Local 1000 filed a charge accusing the state of bargaining in bad faith — a manager at CDPH told an employee to remove two flyers from their cubicle, the charge states. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026 The move marks the first time workers of a professional sports league have formed a WGA bargaining unit. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026 In his nightly address late Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Washington to convince Russia to end the war and said recent Ukrainian battlefield gains and mounting Russian losses had improved Kyiv's bargaining power. — Elsa Ohlen,matthew Tan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026 Put simply, Huang’s wife appears to be in a strong bargaining position as Nvidia navigates a PR disaster of epic proportions. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 10 Nov. 2026 Attorneys in our bargaining unit make 25% less than our counterparts in the Law Department. — Natalie Meltzer, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026 Once that happens, Edward nurses will form their bargaining committee. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 During the final bargaining session, union representative Danny Cruz said Hialeah firefighters were 26% behind other fire departments in pay. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026 Large hospital systems use their bargaining leverage to demand high prices with little fear of losing patients. — Tony Lo Sasso, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026

Verb

Equity and Casa Bonita management have been bargaining since April 2025, with the union meeting with management at least once a month, Hoeschen said. — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2026 Yet one or more of the P5 could inject new names at the last minute, once again leaving the decision to behind-the-scenes bargaining among a few powerful states. — Ian Johnstone, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026 The California Gig Workers Union hopes to begin bargaining by the end of the year, CalMatters reported. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Alongside promotions and deadlines, many young women are also privately bargaining with time and their bodies. — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026 This comes several days after Stanford football players created a campus chapter of the College Football Players Association, with the goal of collectively bargaining with the ACC. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026 No deployment date has been set for Hyundai’s Korean plants at all, so the union is bargaining pre-emptively, trying to lock in protections before the humanoid robots show up rather than after. — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The ruling also reflected Sotomayor’s reasoning that owners and players were still bargaining in good faith and that salary policies were mandatory subjects of bargaining. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026 If an employer chooses to grant recognition, no election takes place, and the parties begin bargaining a contract that sets standards for wages, working conditions and benefits. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bargaining

Noun

Kushner also confirmed progress on the prisoner exchange, saying the negotiations had helped finalize arrangements for the return of thousands of people affected by the war.

— Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026
Now, to many in the country, Lebanon has been dragged into unbalanced negotiations with Israel from a position of weakness.

— Tamirace Fakhoury, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of negotiation

Verb

The two parties have not merged, but their cooperation effectively gives Eisenkot the negotiating backing of 33 lawmakers — more than Netanyahu's Likud, which remains the largest individual party in the Knesset with 27 seats.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
The Florida State Ethics Board found that former mayor Brent Latham may have violated conflicts of interest regulations for accepting gifts from the Argentine soccer association while negotiating the deal.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of negotiating

Verb

So, any housing development therefore would depend on ComEd agreeing to sell, a prospect Knudsen considers realistic but one utility executives have ruled out.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
Agents built from similar models can make similar mistakes, which can include agreeing too much.

— Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of agreeing

Verb

The painting was only recently revealed to the family at the end of her aunt's life when arranging her affairs.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
His organization, Protect Paws, has reportedly helped more than 1,500 stray dogs by arranging for medical treatment, vaccinations and reflective collars.

— Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of arranging

Verb

Meanwhile, Jacob Misiorowski, the likely NL Cy Young winner, was dealing triple-digit fastballs the Rays couldn’t handle in the bottom frames.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Just when Kansas City appeared to be building momentum toward a Sunday night comeback, kicker Harrison Butker missed his second attempt of the night, dealing another blow to the Chiefs’ hopes.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of dealing

Noun

San Diego officials say two years of ugly budget cuts, fee hikes and controversial haggling among politicians have eliminated a $300 million structural deficit and stabilized city finances moving forward.

— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
The result could amount to a form of AI-enabled haggling, in which consumers face perpetually shifting prices based on factors largely invisible to them.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of haggling

Noun

According to Fulton County jail records, New has been arrested multiple times on suspicion of crimes including identity theft, insurance fraud, financial transaction card fraud, forgery and simple assault.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
However, vulnerabilities remain and include privacy and discretion in transactions, market accessibility, and jurisdictional fragmentation, all of which facilitate illicit financial flows.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 2 Nov. 2026