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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bargaining
    n 1: the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bargain \Bar"gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bargained (?); p. pr.
   & vb. n. Bargaining.]
   To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to
   bargain one horse for another.
   [1913 Webster]

   To bargain away, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually
      with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away
      one's birthright. "The heir . . . had somehow bargained
      away the estate." --G. Eliot.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Bargaining:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

audience, bargaining session, chaffer, chaffering, collective bargaining, coming to terms, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, consultation, convention, council, council fire, council of war, dickering, discussion, exchange of views, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, haggle, haggling, higgling, high-level talk, huddle, interchange of views, interview, meeting, negotiation, negotiations, news conference, package bargaining, palaver, parley, pattern bargaining, pourparler, powwow, press conference, seance, session, sitting, summit, summit conference, summitry

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