bargaining

Definitions

The action of negotiating the terms and conditions of a transaction or agreement.

The process of haggling over the price of something in order to reach a mutually acceptable deal.

A psychological stage in which an individual attempts to negotiate or trade to avoid an unpleasant reality or outcome.

Examples

The union and the management are currently engaged in intense collective bargaining to reach a new contract.

After some hard bargaining, we finally agreed on a price that satisfied both the buyer and the seller.

Synonyms

negotiation haggling deal-making trading dickering wheeling contracting

Antonyms

dictation command imposition refusal disagreement noncompliance insistence