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[ni-goh-shee-ey-shuh

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noun

mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement: the negotiation of a treaty.

the act or process of negotiating.

an instance or the result of negotiating.

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Origin:
1570–80; < Latin negōtiātiōn- (stem of negōtiātiō) a doing of business, equivalent to negōtiāt(us) (see negotiate) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

non·ne·go·ti·a·tion, noun

pre·ne·go·ti·a·tion, noun

pro·ne·go·ti·a·tion, adjective

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Example Sentences

Done correctly, negotiation can strengthen the relationship between applicant and employer.

Those can be natural starting points for your negotiation.

He advises firms that design negotiation software for privatisation schemes and wholesale-electricity markets.

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Done correctly, negotiation can strengthen the relationship between applicant and employer.

Those can be natural starting points for your negotiation.

He advises firms that design negotiation software for privatisation schemes and wholesale-electricity markets.

Proven examples of influence through negotiation and interpersonal skills.

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The contract up for negotiation would be for four years.

You'll be surprised how many things you can change via negotiation.

The negotiation process is steered towards a win-win outcome, one with which both parties can be reasonably content.

Surprising insights into sacred values, and what they mean for negotiation.

It's hard enough for the technology to handle the negotiation process.

Management will find that the negotiation of a labor contract requires give and take.

Recognize that cost of living varies considerably and usually factors into salary negotiation.

Stand up for a negotiation that may actually serve the public good.

The negotiation of disarmament would eventually raise the possibility of a substantial cut in the military budget.

Novell recently introduced digitalme, the company's own version for electronic privacy negotiation between sites and users.

Few executives, however, have formal training in negotiation skills.

Any reasonable business transaction involves good faith negotiation.

Rather, it is an uneasy compromise reached after painful negotiation by people who would otherwise be at each other's throats.

The only accurate slide here, listing the groups participating in the negotiation process.

So if you have four stellar publications then you could find you have a lot more scope for negotiation.

Having failed to take evasive action, he showed no bottom line once lured into negotiation.

If at all possible, avoid content negotiation if you're really interested in every last ounce of performance.

Obviously this is a negotiation issue: copyright owners need to do deals with the online stores in every country.

Again, the negotiation and mediation phase will take some time.

But more important, when salary is mentioned, think of the discussion as a negotiation and not simply a unilateral offer.

No negotiation or reconciliation would be possible save one side crushing the other by force of arms.

Crucial in any successful negotiation is an accurate understanding of each side's.

One who is slightly introvert and slightly extrovert and is thus ideally suited for mediation, negotiation and collaboration.

When you come into the system, your pay is an item of individual negotiation with the dean, not fixed by any scale.

Demonstrated successful cross-group collaborative and negotiation skills, and ability to work in a matrix environment.

However, the art of negotiation takes on a whole new meaning online and raises a host of new questions.

Offers from outside are commonly used for negotiation purposes internally.

What was conceived as a bilateral talk turned instead into a negotiation with an emerging-market block.

In the information era, privacy and publicity in hospital rooms will be subject to negotiation.

Instead of getting another offer as a negotiation tool, you should be seeking better opportunity and better pay elsewhere.

What happens to the oil money after the referendum on southern independence is open to negotiation.

There are signs that salary negotiation is inching toward greater transparency.

Friends and enemies alike admitted he was a master of negotiation.

We spent decades in excruciating negotiation to disarm and limit nuclear proliferation.

The exact details of programming are still the subject of negotiation and may not be known for several weeks.

Consultation is something that must be negotiated and the results of the negotiation must be binding on all parties.

Most of the serious negotiation about the composition of the future government is taking place behind closed doors.

The point of those talks is to resolve disputed issues by negotiation and compromise, not by one side's acting on its own.

Expect the speech simply to spawn additional debate and negotiation.

If so, there is no particular need to discuss your partner's plans at any point of the negotiation.

It is this basic belief in collaboration that has also informed much of her research in negotiation and decision-making.

He represented them both as a litigator in labor disputes and in the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements.

Mutual delusion seems a nebulous basis for negotiation.

In my experience there's not much room for negotiation in postdoc offers.

Iraq's negotiation of the service contracts is perhaps a case study in how it should be done.

Through negotiation with the landlord, however, this clause was specifically omitted from the lease.

It is equally not a merger negotiation or courtroom drama.

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World English Dictionary

negotiation (nɪˌɡəʊʃɪˈeɪʃən)

—n
1.	a discussion set up or intended to produce a settlement or agreement
2.	the act or process of negotiating

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Word Origin & History

negotiation

1579, from L. negotiationem (nom. negotiatio) "business, traffic," from negotiatus, pp. of negotiari "carry on business," from negotium "business," lit. "lack of leisure," from neg- "not" (see deny) + otium "ease, leisure." The shift from "doing business" to "bargaining" about

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