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bargaining chip

German translation: Trumpf / Trumpfkarte für Preisverhandlungen


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English term or phrase:bargaining chip
German translation:Trumpf / Trumpfkarte für Preisverhandlungen
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09:40 May 5, 2005
English to German translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: bargaining chip
Software licence negotiations: Most organizations tend toward caution and conservatism and overstate their PC counts. "If you round up to an even number because you're not sure of what you have, you'll spend far more than you need to," he says. "A good asset management solution will more than pay for itself in this situation; it will give you the information you need and a big bargaining chip when negotiating pricing."
A bargaining chip is usually a "Verhandlungsobjekt" but how does it fit in this context?
Birgit Schmidt-Leinigen
Local time: 13:56
Trumpf / Trumpfkarte für Preisverhandlungen
Explanation:
Würde den Teil "a big bargaining chip when negotiating pricing" zusammenziehen.
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anisco
Germany
Local time: 13:56
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danke!
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4 +3Trumpf / Trumpfkarte für Preisverhandlungen
anisco
4 +1gewichtiges Argument
muttersprachler


  

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gewichtiges Argument


Explanation:
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Something, especially an inducement or concession, used as leverage in negotiations.

Das Sahnehäubchen.

muttersprachler
Local time: 13:56
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 3

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agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Trumpf / Trumpfkarte für Preisverhandlungen


Explanation:
Würde den Teil "a big bargaining chip when negotiating pricing" zusammenziehen.

anisco
Germany
Local time: 13:56
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 346
Grading comment
danke!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ian M-H
26 mins
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
2 hrs
agree  WIDIC
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