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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Analysts believe Kyiv is trying to use its initial momentum for a morale boost and a potential bargaining chip, while Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to downplay the entire incursion and limit the resources Russia’s war machine devotes to countering it.
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Lauren Kent, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
Then, in the most recent budget passed in summer 2023, the building became a bargaining chip in a broader political negotiation over campus diversity programs.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2024
Republicans have used transmission as a bargaining chip to secure provisions requiring onshore and offshore oil and gas leasing.
—Daniel Moore, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
That salient, which Kyiv may hope to use as a bargaining chip in any future peace negotiations, is under increasing pressure not only from Russian troops, but also thousands of North Korean reinforcements.
—David Axe, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Lauren Kent, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
Then, in the most recent budget passed in summer 2023, the building became a bargaining chip in a broader political negotiation over campus diversity programs.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2024
Republicans have used transmission as a bargaining chip to secure provisions requiring onshore and offshore oil and gas leasing.
—Daniel Moore, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
That salient, which Kyiv may hope to use as a bargaining chip in any future peace negotiations, is under increasing pressure not only from Russian troops, but also thousands of North Korean reinforcements.
—David Axe, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Bargaining chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bargaining%20chip. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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