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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This argument, rooted in political strategy, suggests that the Taliban see girls’ education as a bargaining chip – a tool to achieve their political objectives.
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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
Did the Mafia want a bargaining chip to help free a member from prison?
—Tom Mashberg, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
The Abraham Accords gave that bargaining chip away by allowing Israel to establish normal relations with some Arab governments without changing the reality of the Israeli occupation.
—Jonah Blank, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2024
The ruling could have an impact in plea negotiations, eliminating one bargaining chip used by prosecutors when encouraging defendants to plead guilty without a trial.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
Israel wants female soldiers to be among the hostages released in this group, but Hamas aims to hold on to them as a bargaining chip for a subsequent deal, the former Egyptian official said.
—Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
In other words, this is a close account of the conflict that laid the foundations for Gaza as a perennial flashpoint — a refuge, a bargaining chip and a battlefield.
—Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
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
Did the Mafia want a bargaining chip to help free a member from prison?
—Tom Mashberg, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
The Abraham Accords gave that bargaining chip away by allowing Israel to establish normal relations with some Arab governments without changing the reality of the Israeli occupation.
—Jonah Blank, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2024
The ruling could have an impact in plea negotiations, eliminating one bargaining chip used by prosecutors when encouraging defendants to plead guilty without a trial.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
Israel wants female soldiers to be among the hostages released in this group, but Hamas aims to hold on to them as a bargaining chip for a subsequent deal, the former Egyptian official said.
—Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
In other words, this is a close account of the conflict that laid the foundations for Gaza as a perennial flashpoint — a refuge, a bargaining chip and a battlefield.
—Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
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