Meaning of negotiate In English

• 0 to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement with them:

  • The government has refused to negotiate with the strikers.

  • I'm negotiating for a new contract.

  • I've managed to negotiate (= get by discussion) a five percent pay increase with my boss.

• 1 to manage to travel along a difficult route:

  • The only way to negotiate the muddy hillside is on foot.

  • The company's had some tricky problems to negotiate in its first year in business.

• 2 to get or give an amount of money in exchange for a financial document of the same value

• 3 to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement:

  • [ T ] We want to negotiate a settlement that is fair to both sides.

• 4 to move carefully or with difficulty past, through, or along something:

  • She was able to negotiate the climb with some help from younger campers.

• 5 to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach agreement:

  • The dealers who negotiate on behalf of clients are known as commodity brokers.

  • negotiate with sb/sth The merger agreement requires that we don't negotiate with any other company.

  • negotiate for sth He is negotiating for higher royalties from the record company.

  • negotiate on/over sth Unions are negotiating over pensions.

  • negotiate to do sth The company is negotiating to buy a multi-million dollar stake in one of the world's biggest oil fields.

• 6 to achieve, arrange, or agree to something by having formal discussions with someone:

  • negotiate a contract/deal/settlement The unions should take the opportunity to negotiate further pay deals as soon as possible.

  • negotiate a discount/fee/price Retailers should be allowed to negotiate prices directly with producers.

• 7 to discuss the details of borrowing money from a bank, etc. such as how much they will lend you and what rate of interest you will pay:

  • negotiate financing/a loan/a mortgage The organization can negotiate a loan based on its assets and future contracts.

• 8 to get or give a sum of money in exchange for a financial document of the same value:

  • negotiate a bill of exchange/a cheque We can negotiate any single cheque up to the value of £2000.

• 9 to deal with something difficult:

  • The company has had some difficult problems to negotiate in its first year of business.