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bargaining

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Word definitions for bargaining in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bargaining or haggling is a type of negotiation in which the buyer and seller of a good or service debate the price and exact nature of a transaction. If the bargaining produces agreement on terms, the transaction takes place. Bargaining is an alternative ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bargain \Bar"gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bargained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bargaining .] To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another. To bargain away , to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bargaining/negotiating position (= someone’s ability to bargain/negotiate ) ▪ The new law has strengthened workers' bargaining position . bargaining chip collective bargaining free collective bargaining plea bargaining ...

Usage examples of bargaining.

But by the time I arrived at the embassy, Batty told me they were already bargaining for the sport of you.

The chimpanzee played under the table while the bargaining sessions went on, climbing the legs, dropping back to the floor, rolling around and hooting softly.

Profit and loss, inflow and outflow, pluses and minuses, sales and bargaining and corporate design.

In addition to the nearly full-time job of bargaining for those necessities that could be bargained for, substituting or improvising those that could not, and hamstering away in basements and shelters any storable food that could be found, my foster father Johann had another job, or perhaps an obsession.

I was agreeably surprised to find Leah there, bargaining for a quantity of articles, all of which she pronounced to be too dear.

The trade-offs inherent in the trimester system smack of the bargaining and dealing that legislators engage in to pass a highway construction bill.

We can put the warranters in a stronger bargaining position if we all band together.

Pounder, a street-corner dopeman bargaining for favor after his recent bust.

The pedestrians came in all races and colors, shrieking at those who got in the way and bargaining at the tops of their lungs.

Galardo had started by bargaining and wound up by threatening, but how could you do anything but laugh at his best offer, a rusty five-pound spur gear with a worn keyway and three teeth missing?

A quarter of a century later, however, the Nauruans were unwilling to accept that sort of solution, and after some years of hard bargaining, became independent in 1968, winning at the same time complete control over their phosphate ore on which previously they had been receiving small royalties.

The stallkeeper, sensing a desire to purchase that went beyond normal bargaining, drew out more surprises from a chest.

In fact, he overhears him bargaining to sell him to a Tarkhan, or great lord.

First, the Russians, French, and Chinese would all see such an American ultimatum as an opportunity to start bargaining with the United States, to string us along and preclude the threatened invasion by delay.

He was listening, with a good-humored, negligent air, half comic, half contemptuous, to Haley, who was very volubly expatiating on the quality of the article for which they were bargaining.