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BARGAINING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bargaining" is a kind of...):
dialogue; negotiation; talks (a discussion intended to produce an agreement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bargaining"):
plea bargain; plea bargaining ((criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge)
haggle; haggling; wrangle; wrangling (an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining))
holdout (a refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal)
Derivation:
bargain (negotiate the terms of an exchange)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb bargain
