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noun

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

Denver Art Museum Workers United ratified a historic bargaining agreement on Saturday, becoming the first museum workers in the State of Colorado to have a union contract. —

Christa Swanson, CBS News, 7 June 2026 Kim also met Xi before traveling to Singapore and Vietnam for his summits with Trump in 2018 and 2019, moves widely interpreted as efforts to bolster his bargaining position. —

ABC News, 7 June 2026 Lukashenko gains bargaining power, and the West’s common position becomes harder to sustain. —

Tatsiana Kulakevich, The Conversation, 4 June 2026 Africa’s bargaining power is rising just as its fiscal space is shrinking. —

Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 3 June 2026 In terms once leveled at me across a bargaining table, 250 years of tradition unhampered by progress is nothing to brag about. —

Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026 Under the legislation, a labor organization seeking to represent drivers would first need to demonstrate a baseline level of support, then obtain backing from 30% of drivers to be certified as their bargaining representative. —

Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026 Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. —

Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026 Rather, institutions, bargaining power, ownership, and managerial strategy will truly shape our society in the AI era. —

Christopher Marquis, Time, 30 May 2026

Verb

Hollywood’s actors and writers unions, after winning AI protections in bargaining with studios, remain concerned about the potential misuse of the tech. —

Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 May 2026 The nurses have been bargaining with the hospital for more than a year, according to the union, and have faced multiple unfair labor practices against union supporters. —

Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 12 May 2026 The two parties have been in a standoff for several weeks now, essentially since mid-March when the writers began bargaining with the major studios on a new film and TV contract. —

Katie Campione, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026 Both labor groups, plus the police and fire unions, are currently bargaining with city leaders over new multi-year contracts. —

Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026 Monday has thus become a two-track day — bargaining under intense pressure as parents and workers girded for a walkout. —

Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026 Many Americans back tightening economic sanctions on Iran, not loosening them, and supporters of Israel are rightfully concerned about bargaining with a government that aspires to destroy Israel. —

Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026 That’s because the studios are moving on to start bargaining with the Writers Guild on Monday, the guild that is usually the thorniest negotiation, before then moving on to the Directors Guild on May 11. —

Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026 The two sides had been bargaining since September and went through the state impasse and fact-finding process before reaching the tentative deal. —

Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026

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Noun

The decision was made due to logistical challenges and in hopes of avoiding delays that might derail the negotiation process, one source said.

— Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
The Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria has reclaimed 450 acres of ancestral land in Butte County after roughly seven years of negotiations.

— Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026