0 something that someone else wants that you are willing to lose in order to reach an agreement: --
Missiles were used as a bargaining chip in negotiations for economic aid.
1 something that one side can use to persuade the other side to reach an agreement: --
2 something that you offer to give to someone else when you are trying to reach an agreement with them, in order to reach a deal or get an advantage for yourself: --
The Secretary of State announced $100 million of new funding as a new bargaining chip in the negotiations.
Giving them power to control the level of international sanctions would give them a significant bargaining chip.
The implication in the rapporteur's report that this regulation may have been delayed because it was being used as a bargaining chip is very worrying.
Human rights cannot be used as a bargaining chip.
Some trade unions might be tempted to use that as a bargaining chip.
The bargaining chip of increasing own resources becomes weakened by having yet another concession attached to it.
He considered the matter purely as a bargaining chip for negotiation on other objectives rather than examining the value of the measures.
We are talking about criminal networks that have no consideration at all for human dignity, as the lives of these people become a bargaining chip.
Human rights are too important to be used as a bargaining chip in interinstitutional negotiations.
