• Management seemed intent on using potential purchases of new planes as a bargaining chip to win concessions from the pilots.
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The Secretary of State announced $100 million of new funding as a new bargaining chip in the negotiations.
I want to use their refusal to meet our terms as a bargaining chip in future negotiations.
•I need to have a few bargaining chips ready when we get down to drawing up the contract.
|| The recent information was used as a bargaining chip. — Новейшая информация была использована в качестве козырной карты.
преимущество, козырь (которые могут быть использованы при торге, на переговорах и т. п.)