{To bargain away}, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. ``The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate.'' --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
bargaining — bar‧gain‧ing [ˈbɑːgənɪŋ ǁ ˈbɑːr ] noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES COMMERCE discussion to reach agreement about something, for example trade, levels of pay etc: • There will be some hard bargaining between the US and Europe. colˌlective… … Financial and business terms
bargaining — index collective bargaining, commerce, negotiation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Bargaining — For other uses, see Bargaining (disambiguation). Dicker redirects here. For the surname, see Dicker (surname). Dickering redirects here. For the wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, see Dickering (wapentake). Bargaining or haggling … Wikipedia
bargaining — bar|gain|ing [ˈba:gənıŋ US ˈba:r ] n [U] 1.) discussion in order to reach an agreement about a sale, contract etc = ↑negotiation wage/pay bargaining ▪ The government would not intervene in private sector wage bargaining. ▪ The 4% pay raise was… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bargaining — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hard ▪ There will be some hard bargaining before an agreement is reached. ▪ collective ▪ Unions were insistent on the right to collective bargaining. ▪ institutional … Collocations dictionary
bargaining — Synonyms and related words: audience, bargaining session, chaffer, chaffering, collective bargaining, coming to terms, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, consultation, convention, council, council fire, council… … Moby Thesaurus
Bargaining — Bar|gai|ning 〈[ gɛınıŋ] n.; od. s; unz.; Wirtsch.〉 1. jede Form von Verhandlung zw. zwei Parteien in der freien Wirtschaft 2. erfolgreicher Abschluss dieser Verhandlungen 3. 〈i. e. S.〉 Verhandlungen zw. Gewerkschaftsfunktionären u.… … Universal-Lexikon
bargaining — n. collective; plea bargaining * * * [ bɑːgɪnɪŋ] plea bargaining collective … Combinatory dictionary
bargaining — noun (U) 1 discussion in order to reach agreement about a sale, contract etc: The 4% pay raise was the result of some hard bargaining. 2 bargaining position the power that a person or group has in a discussion or argument … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Bargaining — Bar|gai|ning 〈[ gɛınıŋ] n.; Gen.: od. s; Pl.: unz.; Wirtsch.〉 1. 〈i. w. S.〉 a) jede Form von Verhandlung zwischen zwei Parteien in der freien Wirtschaft b) erfolgreicher Abschluss dieser Verhandlungen 2. 〈i. e. S.〉 Verhandlungen zwischen… … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
