bargaining

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of bargain

   “Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.”

noun

1. The act of one who bargains.

   “All the materials, therefore, existed for an interminable series of hagglings, bargainings, and blackmailings.”