bargaining
议价,讨价还价,谈判,谈价
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Definitions
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- : an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- : an agreement between parties settling what each shall give and take or perform and receive in a transaction.
- : such an agreement as affecting one of the parties: a losing bargain.
- : something acquired by bargaining.
- : Informal. an agreeable person, especially one who causes no trouble or difficulty: His boss is no bargain.
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- : to discuss the terms of a bargain; haggle; negotiate.
- : to come to an agreement; make a bargain: We bargained on a three-year term.
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- : to arrange by bargain; negotiate: to bargain a new wage increase.
- : to anticipate as likely to occur; expect: I'll bargain that he's going to give those company directors plenty of trouble.
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- : bargain for, to anticipate or take into account: The job turned out to be more than he had bargained for.
- : bargain on, to expect or anticipate; count or rely on: You can't bargain on what she'll do in this situation.
Phrases
- bargain for
- drive a bargain
- into the bargain
- make the best of it (a bad bargain)
- more than one bargained for
- strike a bargain
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
It invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips.
That victory for the tab became a bargaining chip in all future dealings with the superstar.
To the contrary, she said, she did not necessarily believe that collective bargaining needed to be reformed.
Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Erdogan said there were critics accusing Turkey of bargaining with ISIS.
“If they are referring to financial bargaining, this is out of the question,” he said.
Here and there you could see brown men robed in white sitting near these mountains of fruit, bargaining about the prices.
Chicot was bargaining for some horses, when he saw the monk reappear, carrying the saddles and bridles of the mules.
A sort of Oriental bargaining takes place, the seller asking twice as much as the object is worth and he intends to take.
The City being the centre of London had a certain amount of trading and bargaining from the earliest times.
How long the process of bargaining might have been protracted is uncertain.