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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The election date is viewed as a possible bargaining chip as the White House moves to oppose New York’s plan for congestion pricing.
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Lauren Green, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Mar. 2025
Kyiv launched the raid in a bid to counter the unceasingly glum news from the front line, as well as draw Russian troops away from the battlefield inside Ukraine and gain a bargaining chip in any peace talks.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Ukraine seized a sliver of western Russia in August as a bargaining chip, but its grip there is weakening, according to open-source maps of the war and Russian estimates.
—Guy Faulconbridge and Marina Bobrova, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Now, Trump sees the threat of higher U.S. tariffs as a bargaining chip (or cudgel) to make other countries reduce their tariffs down to U.S. levels.
—Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2025
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Lauren Green, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Mar. 2025
Kyiv launched the raid in a bid to counter the unceasingly glum news from the front line, as well as draw Russian troops away from the battlefield inside Ukraine and gain a bargaining chip in any peace talks.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Ukraine seized a sliver of western Russia in August as a bargaining chip, but its grip there is weakening, according to open-source maps of the war and Russian estimates.
—Guy Faulconbridge and Marina Bobrova, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Now, Trump sees the threat of higher U.S. tariffs as a bargaining chip (or cudgel) to make other countries reduce their tariffs down to U.S. levels.
—Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Bargaining chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bargaining%20chip. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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