'Negotiate' definitions:

Definition of 'negotiate'

From: WordNet
verb
Discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house" [syn: negociate, negotiate, talk terms]
verb
Succeed in passing through, around, or over; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass" [syn: negotiate, negociate]

Definition of 'Negotiate'

From: GCIDE
  • Negotiate \Ne*go"ti*ate\, v. i. [L. negotiatus, p. p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect.]
  • 1. To transact business; to carry on trade. [Obs.] --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He that negotiates between God and man Is God's ambassador. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To intrigue; to scheme. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Negotiate'

From: 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]

Synonyms of 'negotiate'

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