a bargaining chip

(British, American & Australian) also a bargaining counter (British)

something that you can use to make someone do what you want The workers' strongest bargaining chip in the negotiations is the threat of strike action. Hostages were used as a bargaining counter during the seige.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ashtoreth	-	Biblical, Near Eastern Mythology
Eugenia	e-oo-KHE-nyah (Spanish), e-uw-GEN-yah (Polish), yoo-JEE-nee-ə (English), yoo-JEEN-yə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Benedetta	-	Italian
Arnt	-	Norwegian
Christiaan	KRIS-tee-ah:n	Dutch
Chiranjivi	-	Indian, Hindi, Telugu