negotiate
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Verb (2)negotiated, negotiating
- discuss the terms of an arrangement“They negotiated the sale of the house”Synonyms: negociatetalk termsMore general hash out, discussMore specific intercede, dicker, broker, renegociate
- succeed in passing through, around, or over“The hiker negociated the high mountain pass”Synonyms: negociateMore general pass
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Translations
Verb confer to reach an agreement
- Spanish
- negociar
- French
- négocier
- German
- verhandeln
- Italian
- negoziare
- Portuguese
- negociar
- Arabic
- تَفَاوَضَ tafāwaḍa
- Chinese
- 谈判 tánpàn
- Dutch
- onderhandelen
- Polish
- negocjować
- Swedish
- förhandla
14 more languages
- Greek
- διαπραγματεύομαι diapragmatévomai
- Vietnamese
- thương thuyết
- Hungarian
- tárgyal
- Portuguese (PT)
- negociar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 談判 tánpàn
- Catalan
- negociar
- Czech
- vyjednávat
- Danish
- forhandle
- Esperanto
- trakti
- Finnish
- neuvotella
- Icelandic
- semja
- Norwegian
- forhandle
- Romanian
- negocia
- Welsh
- cyd-drafod
Verb arrange a mutual agreement
- Spanish
- negociar
- French
- négocier
- German
- aushandeln
- Portuguese
- negociar
- Russian
- догова́риваться dogovárivatʹsja
- Arabic
- تفاوض tafāwaḍa
- Chinese
- 谈判 tánpàn
- Polish
- uzgodnić
- Swedish
- förhandla
- Greek
- διαπραγματεύομαι diapragmatévomai
8 more languages
- Vietnamese
- đàm phán
- Hungarian
- megtárgyal
- Portuguese (PT)
- negociar
- Catalan
- negociar
- Czech
- vyjednat
- Finnish
- neuvotella
- Norwegian
- forhandle
- Welsh
- trafod
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. negotiatus, p. p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect.
1. To transact business; to carry on trade. obsolete Henry Hammond
2. 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.
3. To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, convention, or other proposed agreement; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.
He that negotiates between God and man Is God's ambassador.— William Cowper
4. To intrigue; to scheme. obsolete Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
1. To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange.
Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago... the most indispensable supplies.— Edward Gibbon
2. To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.
The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade.— James Kent
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54