negotiate

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
2. (transitive) To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.
3. (transitive) To succeed in coping with, getting over or navigate a hazard or obstacle.
4. (transitive) To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.
5. (obsolete) To transact business; to carry on trade.
6. (obsolete) To intrigue; to scheme.

Synonyms

bargain

discuss

trade

haggle

agree

negociate

deal

consult

compromise

transact

treat

parley

sell

talk

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reconcile

arbitrate

barter

agree on

talk terms

confer

dicker

get over

surmount

traffic

talk over

arrange

deal in

explain

hammer out

handle

jump

make over

market

master

meddle

mediate

merchandise

multiply

negotiation

overleap

palaver

pass

process

pronounce

quibble

settle

shoot

skip

speak

🗣️

top

🔝

Translations

negoziare

négocier

verhandeln

negociar

διαπραγματεύομαι

negociar

trattare

onderhandelen

patteggiare

handeln

zaken doen

aushandeln

handelen

εμπορεύομαι

handeldrijven

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/

Etymology

c. 1598; borrowed from Latin negōtiātus, perfect active participle of negōtior (“to do business, trade”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from negotium (“business”) + -or, from nec (“not”) + otium (“leisure, ease, inactivity”).