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
Bloomberg earlier reported that theater and studio executives were negotiating an unusual release strategy for the film, in which it move online much more quickly than normal.
‘Wonder Woman’ will debut on same day in theaters and on HBO Max | Verne Kopytoff | November 19, 2020 | FortuneInstead, she told the mayor’s office in a memo late Monday night she wants the city to negotiate a one-year extension SDG&E’s contract.
What a Delayed Energy Contract Means for San Diego | MacKenzie Elmer | November 11, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoIn the months after the pandemic hit, as lawmakers negotiated a bailout for the aviation industry, Sun Country tripled the amount it spent on federal lobbying per quarter, from $30,000 to $90,000, according to public disclosures.
Treasury emergency aid loan goes to airline backed by Amazon and Apollo, showing government’s long reach | Yeganeh Torbati | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostConsider a general home inspection contingency, which would give you the right to inspect and cancel but without the right to negotiate repairs.
How to win a multiple offer battle when buying a home in D.C. | Khalil Alexander El-Ghoul | November 6, 2020 | Washington BladePelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had been negotiating for months on a bill with a price tag around $2 trillion.
Stimulus talks set to resume in Washington, but Pelosi and McConnell are at odds again | Erica Werner | November 6, 2020 | Washington Post
But they depended on Bell as an expert and a negotiator, fluent in Arabic and used to the schisms and vendettas of the region.
The negotiator added that she told him she “liked to watch them squirm around after they had been shot.”
The First Modern School Shooter Feels Responsible for the Rest | Michael Daly | May 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAmong his victims: Buckley, AP correspondent Terry Anderson and erstwhile hostage negotiator who became a hostage, Terry Waite.
The Long Reach of Lebanese Terror | Christopher Dickey, Nadette De Visser | January 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe need look no further than Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) himself, the chief GOP negotiator on this deal.
The chief Iranian negotiator, Saeed Jalili, then characterized uranium enrichment as an “irrefutable” right.
He sent here as negotiator a clever young man, who possessed great charms of mind and person.
Cleopatra, Complete | Georg EbersIt seemed, indeed, the very irony of fate that Ellice should be a negotiator for peace.
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists | George BryceHaving acted as a vile negotiator between the two great political parties, they were equally afraid of him.
Old and New London | Walter ThornburyThe negotiator was obliged to give way, and had only time to inform the Viceroy that he might withdraw into Castelnuovo.
Antonino went out, not sorry to be beyond earshot of the boisterous negotiator.
The Son of Clemenceau | Alexandre (fils) Dumas
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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