1. A type of bad-faith agreement in which each party is openly exploiting the other while tacitly agreeing to a measure of exploitation themselves, with each party hoping to outmaneuver the other to come out on top.
2. Any exchange in which the party accepts an obvious and material negative in hopes that the eventual benefits to them will be even greater.
2. Any exchange in which the party accepts an obvious and material negative in hopes that the eventual benefits to them will be even greater.
"Your Honor, this is outrageous! To even suggest that the prosecutor would make a thieves' bargain with the notorious Velma Kelly... then fabricate the very evidence that set her free!"
"The 'Thief's Bargain' spell reduces the cooldowns of Shadow Blades, Vanish, and Feint by 33%, but using one reduces your damage by 10% for 6 sec."
"The 'Thief's Bargain' spell reduces the cooldowns of Shadow Blades, Vanish, and Feint by 33%, but using one reduces your damage by 10% for 6 sec."
by DramaGuy23 April 18, 2023
Get the Thieves' Bargainmug. Definition: Mackenzies collective bargaining is the process of negotiation during meetings between reps and their employer, but more often between her and her dogs.
Mackenzie Collective Bargaining Definition:
Mackenzie to dogs tactic 1: " Get in this house NOW".
Mackenzie to dogs tactic 2: "OK!? Want some treats"?
Success.
Mackenzie to dogs tactic 1: " Get in this house NOW".
Mackenzie to dogs tactic 2: "OK!? Want some treats"?
Success.
by brandon whitaker February 10, 2021
Get the Mackenzie Collective Bargainingmug. Someone who usually will live in the ghetto, who will do anything to get a bargain on an item that they want.
Guy 1: did you see Leshaniqua run over that old man with a shopping cart just so she could get a free refill on pepsi?
Guy 2: Dayumn. What a Bargain Bitch.
Guy 2: Dayumn. What a Bargain Bitch.
by #mexicanfood July 15, 2015
Get the Bargain Bitchmug. 1. "oh... traci from down the block only charges $10 per lay. She is such a bargain cave!"
2. "Meadow is a such a bargain cave... all you have to do is buy her a kamakazi shot and she'll go down on you!"
2. "Meadow is a such a bargain cave... all you have to do is buy her a kamakazi shot and she'll go down on you!"
by riskywhisky December 19, 2012
Get the Bargain Cavemug. Where you offer to perform a less-strenuous and/or contorted ballet-position/maneuver in exchange for the dance-tutor's not making you overly exert yourself.
I don't have super-elastic tendons and ligaments like some of my wiry-thin fellow dance-students, so I made a plié-bargain with our instructor to go easy on me regarding some of the moves.
by QuacksO November 20, 2021
Get the plié-bargainmug. The result of a possible win-win scenario in which the clear beneficiary of the win-win scenario fails to keep their end of the bargain, resulting later into a win-lose scenario.
Commonly found with people who fail to transition a informal verbal agreement to a formal written agreement, backstabbers, double-cross someone, or dealing with someone with a "do nothin', get everythin'" mentality.
Commonly found with people who fail to transition a informal verbal agreement to a formal written agreement, backstabbers, double-cross someone, or dealing with someone with a "do nothin', get everythin'" mentality.
1.) When Paul failed to wash the dishes all week after his father let him go to a party the previous week, his father realized that he was a victim of win-lose bargaining.
2.) Mike had been involved with some win-lose bargaining when he and Ken agreed to split the bill only for Ken to leave without notice, leaving Mike to pay for the large meal.
3.) When someone agrees to give another head after they themselves have been given head, but then leaves, the giver of head is on the losing side of the win-lose bargaining.
2.) Mike had been involved with some win-lose bargaining when he and Ken agreed to split the bill only for Ken to leave without notice, leaving Mike to pay for the large meal.
3.) When someone agrees to give another head after they themselves have been given head, but then leaves, the giver of head is on the losing side of the win-lose bargaining.
by lastray February 23, 2011
Get the win-lose bargainingmug. Can refer to either:
(1) A penalty-reducing agreement whereby da offender agrees to learn/perform one or more ballet-moves in exchange for a lighter/suspended sentence, or
(2) An exercise-easement allowance in ballet class dat excuses a student from having to perform certain dance-positions dat he finds painful and/or excessively strenuous.
(1) A penalty-reducing agreement whereby da offender agrees to learn/perform one or more ballet-moves in exchange for a lighter/suspended sentence, or
(2) An exercise-easement allowance in ballet class dat excuses a student from having to perform certain dance-positions dat he finds painful and/or excessively strenuous.
If you get hauled before da management wif regards to your gluttony at da buffet table, you might be able to strike a plie-bargain as an act of good faith in improving your dietary health.
by QuacksO December 5, 2022
Get the plie-bargainmug.