plural of bargaining chip

(law) The process of negotiating a verdict and sentence without a complete trial.

Alternative spelling of plea-bargaining

A method of negotiation in which employees negotiate as a group with their employers, usually via a trade union

(industrial relations) The situation where a trade union gains a new and superior entitlement from one employer and then uses that agreement as a precedent to demand the same or better from other employers.

present participle of plea-bargain

plural of bargaining counter

Synonym of bargaining chip

(US, law) An agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one

(US, law) Alternative form of plea bargain (“an agreement between a defendant and the prosecution in which the defendant agrees to a plea such as guilty or nolo contendere to a lesser charge rather than contesting a greater charge”).