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"bargaining" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often negotiation (11 letters).
Definitions
Negotiation about terms, price, or agreement.
Used in a sentence
“All the materials, therefore, existed for an interminable series of hagglings, bargainings, and blackmailings.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Deal talks”10 letters
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