negotiate
to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
to arrange for or bring about by discussion and settlement of terms: to negotiate a loan.
to manage; transact; conduct: He negotiated an important business deal.
to move through, around, or over in a satisfactory manner: to negotiate a difficult dance step without tripping: to negotiate sharp curves.
to transfer (a draft, promissory note, etc.) to a new owner by endorsement and delivery or by delivery.
Origin of negotiate
1Other words for negotiate
5 | convey, transmit, sign over |
Other words from negotiate
- ne·go·ti·a·tor, noun
- pre·ne·go·ti·ate, verb, pre·ne·go·ti·at·ed, pre·ne·go·ti·at·ing.
- un·ne·go·ti·at·ed, adjective
- well-ne·go·ti·at·ed, adjective
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How to use negotiate in a sentence
It was aimed at the Iranian negotiators in Vienna and the Western delegations sitting across from them.
Seemingly, we have placed our trust in bean-counters and negotiators, and that is hardly reassuring.
Iraqi negotiators insisted on more than 100 changes to the document.
“Time is not on your side,” they told U.S. negotiators, according to two senior defense officials.
4 of ‘Taliban 5’ Will Likely Fight Again, U.S. Spies Say | Eli Lake, Kimberly Dozier | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut any real-reality initiative to end the fighting was left to the negotiators meeting last week in Montreux and now in Geneva.
Income Inequality Was Quickly Forgotten at Davos | Christopher Dickey | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Two pilgrimages were made to Washington, but the negotiators were too far apart to come to terms.
The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. SkeltonWinterfeld and he are the negotiators there; Friedrich ratifying or refusing by marginal remarks.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleThe commissioners were seated at an oblong table, the four Austrian negotiators upon one side, Napoleon by himself upon the other.
With these words he dashed the vase into fragments upon the floor, and bowing to the astounded negotiators, abruptly withdrew.
Their speakers maintained a high rank along side of the best generals and negotiators of France, England and America.
An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois | Henry R. Schoolcraft
British Dictionary definitions for negotiate
/ (nɪˈɡəʊʃɪˌeɪt) /
to work or talk (with others) to achieve (a transaction, an agreement, etc)
(tr) to succeed in passing through, around, or over: to negotiate a mountain pass
(tr) finance
to transfer (a negotiable commercial paper) by endorsement to another in return for value received
to sell (financial assets)
to arrange for (a loan)
Origin of negotiate
1Derived forms of negotiate
- negotiator, noun
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