"negotiate" Definition

Definitions for the word "negotiate" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. i.
To transact business; to carry on trade.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To intrigue; to scheme.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v.
(-ting) 1 (usu. Foll. By with) confer in order to reach an agreement. 2 arrange (an affair) or bring about (a result) by negotiating. 3 find a way over, through, etc. (an obstacle, difficulty, etc.). 4 convert (a cheque etc.) Into money. negotiation n. Negotiator n. [latin negotium business]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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