renegotiate

[ree-ni-goh-shee-eyt]

re·ne·go·ti·ate

[ree-ni-goh-shee-eyt] verb, re·ne·go·ti·at·ed, re·ne·go·ti·at·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
2.
to reexamine (a government contract) with a view to eliminating or modifying those provisions found to represent excessive profits to the contractor.
verb (used without object)
3.
to negotiate anew.
4.
to reexamine the costs and profits involved in a government contract for adjustment purposes.

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Renegotiate has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.

Origin:
1930–35; re- + negotiate

re·ne·go·ti·a·ble [ree-ni-goh-shee-uh-buhl, -shuh-buhl] , adjective
re·ne·go·ti·a·tion, noun
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renegotiate (ˌriːnɪˈɡəʊʃɪˌeɪt)
 
vb
to negotiate again in order to alter or change previously agreed terms
 
renegoti'ation
 
n

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