renegotiate

[ ree-ni-goh-shee-eyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, re·ne·go·ti·at·ed, re·ne·go·ti·at·ing.

to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
to reexamine (a government contract) with a view to eliminating or modifying those provisions found to represent excessive profits to the contractor.

, re·ne·go·ti·at·ed, re·ne·go·ti·at·ing.

to negotiate anew.
to reexamine the costs and profits involved in a government contract for adjustment purposes.

renegotiate

/ ˌriːnɪˈɡəʊʃɪˌeɪt /

re·ne·go·ti·a·ble [ree-ni-, goh, -shee-, uh, -b, uh, l, -sh, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
rene·goti·ation noun

First recorded in 1930–35; re- + negotiate

For good measure, Obama added that, “I will make sure that we renegotiate, in the same way that Senator Clinton talked about.”

The baker's union took a lot of heat for refusing to renegotiate its contracts, even as the company was obviously teetering.

Perhaps at the same time, the Brotherhood could be called on its desire to renegotiate the peace treaty.

This time around, in a bid to catch up, both the main parties have pledged to renegotiate parts of the austerity agreements, too.

But this summer, Assange—who is on bail in Britain—says he attempted to renegotiate the contract and set a new deadline.

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