negotiating
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Negotiate \Ne*go"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Negotiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Negotiating.]
1.To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange. [1913 Webster]
Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago . . . the most indispensable supplies.— Gibbon.[1913 Webster]
2.To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass. [1913 Webster]
The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade.— Kent.[1913 Webster]