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ˈbargaining, vbl. n.
[f. bargain v. + -ing1.]
1. Trafficking, trading, buying and selling.
1401Pol. Poems (1859) II. 77 Ȝe built your house with beggery, bargenyng and robberye 1526Tindale 1 Thess. iii. 6 And defraude his brother in bargaynynge. 1727W. Mather Yng. Man's Comp. 396 By Bartering, is meant Goods for Goods. By Bargaining, is understood Money for Goods. 1788Burns Lett. 26 May, Extremely fortunate in all my buyings and bargainings.
2. Discussion of the terms of a purchase or contract; chaffering, haggling; negotiation.
1669Marvell To Mayor of Hull Wks. I. 122 A Bill..against..barganing for elections to Parliament. 1787T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 154, I do not understand bargaining, nor possess the dexterity requisite for the purpose. 1876Fawcett Pol. Econ. ii. ix. 249 The word bargaining implies an antagonism of interest.
†3. (Sc.) Wrangling, contest, struggle, fighting.
1375Barbour Bruce i. 306 Hard trawalys, and barganyngis. 1513Douglas æneis i. v. 61 Eneas with hidous barganyng, In Itale thrawart peple sall doun thryng.
4. Special Comb. bargaining chip, an asset or advantage possessed by one side in negotiations, esp. one that can be surrendered in return for a corresponding concession; cf. chip n.1 2 d.
1965Boston Daily Globe 19 Nov. 13/8 Mr. Johnson..had just ordered the first bombing of North Viet Nam in an effort to bring Hanoi to a conference table where the bargaining chips on both sides would be more closely matched. 1973Times 26 Feb. (Arms for Peace Suppl.) p. ii/8 The Pentagon..sets high value on the ‘bargaining chip’ principle which requires a nation to negotiate on level, or preferably superior, terms if it is not to lose out. 1979Economist 16 June 43/2 The administration defends the M-X decision by saying that it now has a bargaining chip to use with the Russians. |