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Vinony

bargaining

noun

  1. type of negotiation in which the buyer and seller of a good or service debate the price and exact nature of a transaction
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Wiktionary

noun

  1. The act of one who bargains.

    “All the materials, therefore, existed for an interminable series of hagglings, bargainings, and blackmailings.”

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of bargain

    “Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.”