prebargain

From pre- +‎ bargain.

prebargain (not comparable)

1. Prior to a bargain being struck.
   • 1998, Jules L. Coleman, Markets, Morals, and the Law, page 321:

     […] whereas, were the masters to reintroduce slavery, both sides would return to the prebargain state, which would fall within the frontier and, therefore, would be inefficient.