negotiating power
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnegotiateandpower
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negotiate
verb
uk/nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/us/nəˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement ...
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power
noun
uk/paʊər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofnegotiateandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Instead, these households seem to have been rather loose associations of individuals, who were constantlynegotiatingpoweramong themselves.
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Let me say a few words about producernegotiatingpower.
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We have on our side somenegotiatingpower.
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It hands all thenegotiatingpowerto the infracos.
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The case was quite different when it came to using the authority of the federal government to balance thenegotiatingpowerof unions and management.
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The key problem at this stage is thenegotiatingpowerof the two partners.
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In days gone by, employers in this country undoubtedly held the balance ofnegotiatingpower.
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I doubt whether disarming ourselves has increased ournegotiatingpoweranywhere, in any direction.
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At the same time, as our relative size decreases, ournegotiatingpowerdecreases as well.
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They have much more to offer and theirnegotiatingpoweris far greater.
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That would be damaging, particularly to the weakest countries, which have littlenegotiatingpower.
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That is the only employer with whom that man has anynegotiatingpower.
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We have started these negotiations after we have abandoned the major part of ournegotiatingpower.
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Many wisely administered trade unions have used a great deal of theirnegotiatingpowerto secure this from the employers.
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It must also be raised because in a way it strengthens the position of this country as anegotiatingpower.
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They do not necessarily have thenegotiatingpowerof larger companies and therefore provision is made for them.
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The emphasis appears to be on thenegotiatingpower; not on the power to represent a client.
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Access to treatment was determined not by clinical need, but by thenegotiatingpowerof the purchaser.
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If he remains the same, without havingnegotiatingpowerat all, then clearly he has the right of entitlement to benefit from the unemployment fund.
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I appreciate, and have some sympathy with, the concerns about the balance of information andnegotiatingpowerwhich lie behind that suggestion.
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These problems in the producer sector - problems withnegotiatingpowerand the distribution of added value along the food supply chain - affect other sectors too.
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It also proposes differentiating payments among different agricultural sectors and farmers and strengthening farmers'negotiatingpowerin the food supply chain.
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The other part is that the individual brings lessnegotiatingpowerto the negotiating table because the local authority is the purse bearer.
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My scheme seeks to offer the consumer a choice between service and convenience on the one hand, and price andnegotiatingpower, on the other.
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As a group, they will have even greaternegotiatingpowerwith all the major mall owners.
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