bargaining /; AmE / noun [U]

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, ENTERPRISE BARGAINING, FREE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, INDUSTRY BARGAINING, WORKPLACE BARGAINING

discussion of prices, pay, or conditions to try to reach an agreement that suits everyone:

pay/wage bargaining

Many employees are in a weak bargaining position.

The agreement is the result of hard bargaining on both sides for 18 months.

Unions are ready to return to the bargaining table (= start discussing again) today.

• exhibitor
• Eximbank
• exit
• exit interview
• exit package
• exodus
• ex officio
• exorbitant
• expand
• expansion
• expatriate
• expectancy theory
• expedite
• expendable
• expendable income
• expenditure
• expenditure tax
• expense
• expense account
• expense ratio
• expenses claim
• expensive
• experience
• experience curve
• experienced