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bargaining chip
(redirected from bargaining counter)

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bar·gain·ing chip (bärg-nng)
n.
Something, especially an inducement or concession, used as leverage in negotiations: "A bargaining chip is ultimately worthless if you're not willing to bargain it away" New Republic.
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Noun1.bargaining chip - leverage in the form of an inducement or a concession useful in successful negotiations
leverage - strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"


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The proliferation of nuclear weapons is undesirable, but the role of such weapons is as a military deterrent, or as a bargaining counter in diplomatic negotiation.
Today vs. 1935: hyperbole or prescience? by The International Economy
What is less often repeated is that Palmerston's successor in the Foreign Office, Lord Aberdeen, saw Hong Kong, even after the Treaty of Nanking, as little more than a bargaining counter to be used in extracting more concessions from the Qing government.
Sir Henry Pottinger: The First Governor of Hong Kong by Wilson, Lord / Pacific Affairs
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