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.

Examples of bargaining chip in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Attackers can leverage these high stakes as a bargaining chip in ransomware attacks and force victims to pay or meet their demands. Michelle Drolet, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 Threats like this could have been a bargaining chip or just Barkley being Barkley, saying whatever popped into his head. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2024 Ukrainian brigades would have time to dig in to fortified positions, potentially handing Kyiv a powerful bargaining chip in case of future cease-fire or peace negotiations. Catherine Belton and Francesca Ebel The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 10 Aug. 2024 Yet rather than moving aggressively to seize additional territory, Putin chose to launch a low-level insurgency in eastern Ukraine that could be used as a bargaining chip to limit Kyiv’s foreign policy options. Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bargaining chip 

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“Bargaining chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bargaining%20chip. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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