bargaining chips
Deal-making currency
Bargaining chips are assets, concessions, or leverage points that can be traded or offered during negotiations to secure a favorable outcome.
The term borrows from poker and casino games, where chips represent exchangeable value.
In diplomacy, hostages or territorial claims might serve as bargaining chips; in business deals, intellectual property or distribution rights often function the same way.
The company's patent portfolio gave them significant bargaining chips in the merger talks.
- good faithSincere, honest intent
- trump cardDecisive winning resource
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- upper handPosition of control
- assetsOwned items of value
trade-off · carrot and stick · concede · negotiation · high stakes · pawns · compromise · counteroffer · deal breaker · sanctions · tariffs · trade war · ultimatum · treaties · hostages · quid pro quo · advantage · power play
bargaining chipsliabilities
Amounts owed to others
vulnerabilities · weak points · weaknesses · handicaps · disadvantages
bargaining chipshard currency
Physical money, not digital
cash · real money · hard cash · legal tender · fixed assets
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