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.
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:
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:
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:
8 to get or give a sum of money in exchange for a financial document of the same value:
Despite the deep antipathies between them, the two sides have managed to negotiate an agreement.
The government's official line has always been to refuse to negotiate with terrorists.
The police negotiated with the gunman through an intermediary.
We need someone who is practised at negotiating business deals.
He spent ages negotiating for a pay increase, only to resign from his job soon after he'd received it.
Furthermore, the result can be based on negotiating skills.
The prospect of allowing contract prices in a government postal service, based on judgment and negotiating skills, raises another question.
Any reading will thus "miss" (it will not mean the same as might have been expected), and so the language must be negotiated.
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