Sentence examples for a bargaining card from inspiring English sources

Russia stepped in to stop this, and has since treated Kosovo as a bargaining card with the West.

It is frequently used as a political bargaining card.

The STL's indictment will most definitely serve as a strong bargaining card for the anti-Hezbollah camp.

Hanging on to them is their last bargaining card.

England's bargaining card was freedom of trade; Scotland's was acquiescence in the Hanoverian succession.

What kind of "bargaining card" is the threat to throw out people we absolutely cannot do without?

If they play the "last-minute bargains" card year after year, the punters will adapt.

So it's unclear if stores will actually take the plunge and tack on a credit card fee, possibly alienating customers, or whether merchants might simply use the threat of a surcharge as a bargaining chip with the card companies, to keep a lid on swipe fees.

J. Craig Shearman, a spokesman for the National Retail Federation, said many businesses want to use the ability to pass swipe fees on to customers as a bargaining chip with credit card companies.

He has stated he purchased the card at an estate sale for $1,800 in 1983 or 1984, a bargain for the card at that time.

Under the proposal, workers could unionize if they receive the signatures of a majority of workers in a bargaining unit on authorization cards rather than submit to an election.