bargain chip

基本解释

And Mr Jefferson, one of the city’s last remaining political bosses, has one fewer chip with which to bargain as he confronts a team of federal prosecutors.
而杰斐逊，作为这个城市所剩无几的政坛大佬之一，当他不得不面对一队联邦检查官的时候，又少了一件可以讨价还价的筹码（没有了众议员这个身份的保护）。
Even today，when parents do have to chip in for their children's living expenses，and even in relative terms，university education is a great bargain for Russians.
即便是在父母必须为子女的生活费出钱的今天，即便与欧洲国家相比，大学对于俄国人来说还是非常便宜的。
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Our method is to put the information of the less on a miniature chip, and put it on the credit card, and can be easily on-line and off-line to launch the long range bargain.
我们的方法是把较少的信息放在一个微型芯片上，并把它嵌入在信用卡里面，而且能容易地在线和脱机展开远程交易。

Real estate investment trusts are on the move again, and Ross Smotrich, an analyst at Barclays Capital, thinks now is a perfect time to buy blue-chip REITs at bargain prices. (For another take on REITs, see page 108.) He likes Boston Properties ( BXP, 50) , which owns classy office buildings like Boston's Prudential Tower, San Francisco's Embarcadero Center and, in Manhattan, 399 Park Avenue, Times Square Tower and Citigroup Center.
FORBES
People perceive these as risks rather than opportunities, which cause some to engage in self-destructive behavior by buying overvalued supposed riskless assets, such as US Treasuries, and selling incredibly profitable, yet highly discounted dividend paying blue chip stocks, which provide safety and income at bargain prices.
FORBES: Opportunity Knocks