- present participle of bargain.
bargaining
Example Sentences
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Wages are growing more slowly, and workers have little bargaining power in an period marked by slow hiring and the rise of artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
SAG-AFTRA and WGA will reconvene with the studios for bargaining in 2030, as they all signed four-year contracts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam addressed Iran's leaders in frank terms during a press conference, saying: "Have mercy on our south, stop treating it and its people as merely a bargaining chip."
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
Yahoo reported recently that the SEC is studying how a world with collective bargaining might work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
After some spirited bargaining, I gave her the loden-stone and a single talent in order to wipe out my extremely short term loan of twenty talents.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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