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Pronunciation : Ne*go"ti*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. negotiatus, p.p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect.]
Definition : 1. To transact business; to carry on trade. [Obs.] 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, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences. He that negotiates between God and man Is God's ambassador. Cowper.
4. To intrigue; to scheme. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ne*go"ti*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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. 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. Kent.
t. [imp. & p. p. Negotiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Negotiating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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