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bargaining

  • present participle
    of bargain.
    bargain
    noun
    an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost.
  • a word derived from bargain.
    bargain
    noun
    an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost.

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MLB owners are expected to impose a lockout when the collective bargaining agreement expires on Dec. 1.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

We won’t know the answer to either question until the spring, and until then a new collective bargaining agreement would require one side or the other to abandon its position.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Investors should distinguish those outcomes: Continued sales growth would not, by itself, settle the question of bargaining power.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The EU parliament's trade committee chief, Bernd Lange, said ahead of Sefcovic's trip that this "economic crisis in China" gives the EU "bargaining power".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Oh, really? I don’t know about being angry? I don’t know about being afraid? You’re not the one bargaining for your life.”

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black