bargaining powernoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbɑː.ɡɪ.nɪŋ ˌpaʊər/us/ˈbɑːr.ɡɪ.nɪŋ ˌpaʊ.ɚ/the ability of a person or group to get what they want:
Rising unemployment has diminished the bargaining power of people with jobs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Negotiating prices
- bargain
- barter
- beat
- beat sb down
- bid
- cap
- dicker
- drive
- drive a hard bargain idiom
- gazump
- gazunder
- haggle
- negotiable
- negotiate
- non-negotiable
- predatory pricing
- quotation
- quote
- settle
- settle on sth
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Industrial relations