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bargainer

bor gi ner

  • n  someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
  • n  negotiator of the terms of a transaction
    he is a hard bargainer

  • Like the massive "slowdown" of the summer of 1968, the "sick-out" was another tactic in Bailey's continuing campaign to win PATCO recognition as sole bargainer for the controllers.
  • A deft, canny bargainer, Fraser had been considered the man whom Reuther was grooming for the succession but not until 1974, when Reuther, at age 66, would no longer have .
  • This "gratitude factor" can bring the black bargainer great popularity.
Quotes

  • Buzz Hargrove in International Herald Tribune
    If you're a bargainer, then you'll know if it's been rejected you'll have to go back and try to get a better deal in those areas,Hargrove said.
  • Jon Kyl in Houston Chronicle
    He's a tough bargainer. He's a real strong advocate for some points of view with which I disagree, but I have found him to be a man of his word, and on the emotional and difficult issue of immigration reform, that's a big deal,Kyl said.
  • Shelby Steele in Santa Cruz Sentinel
    Steele writes, "Bargainers make the subliminal promise to whites not to shame them with America's history of racism, on the condition that they will not hold the bargainer's race against him. And whites love this bargain -- and feel affection for...

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