bargaining

He was bargaining with the salesman.

wage bargaining in the public sector became more politicized.

The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.

I'm bargaining on your help to drive us to the airport.

the proposal has become a crucial bargaining counter over prices.

The women spend hours in the market, bargaining about the goods.

The proposed troop reductions were a useful bargaining counter in the disarmament talks.

Their argument that those people were simply feinting in the East to assault the West was a good bargaining pose.

persuaded the parties to quit slanging and come to the bargaining table.

Bargaining situations are examples of cooperative games. As with noncooperative games, in bargaining one can sometimes gain a strategic advantage by limiting one's flexibility.

Does Kim want more bargaining or more money flowing into North Korea?

He was immediately lost in the noisy crowd where everyone was bargaining keenly.

We threatened collective bargaining in order to get performance standards and charter funding.

Loyalty is nice; so is bargaining power.

We'd better leave ourselves some bargaining room.

They do this through collective bargaining.

It's like bargaining for stolen goods.

Instead of bargaining over $150, integrative negotiations let you get creative.

A " unionized Congress" is, in reality, hundreds of discrete bargaining units.

It could even prove to be a bargaining chip for China.