negotiate

negotiate
verb
1 try to reach an agreement
ADVERB
▪ carefully
▪

a carefully negotiated series of concessions

▪ successfully
▪ effectively
▪ individually, separately
▪

Rents are individually negotiated between landlord and tenant.

▪ directly
▪

Theyt were forced to negotiate directly with the rebels.

▪ secretly
▪ seriously
▪ constantly, continually
▪

The parameters of the job are being continually negotiated.

▪ currently
VERB + NEGOTIATE
▪ be able to
▪ be prepared to, be willing to
▪

Are the employers really willing to negotiate?

▪ attempt to, seek to, try to
▪ manage to
▪ help (to)
PREPOSITION
▪ between
▪

to negotiate between the two sides

▪ for
▪

We are negotiating for the release of the prisoners.

▪ on
▪

They have refused to negotiate on this issue.

▪ on behalf of
▪

those negotiating on behalf of the government

▪ with
▪

I managed to negotiate successfully with the authorities.

2 successfully get over/past sth
ADVERB
▪ easily, safely (esp. BrE), successfully
▪

He successfully negotiated the slippery steps.

VERB + NEGOTIATE
▪ be difficult to
▪

The flight of steps was quite difficult to negotiate with a heavy suitcase.

Negotiate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑union
Negotiate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accord, ↑agreement, ↑armistice, ↑arrangement, ↑bend, ↑ceasefire, ↑compromise, ↑contract, ↑curve, ↑deal, ↑detail, ↑discount, ↑extension, ↑fee, ↑hazard, ↑lease, ↑maze, ↑minefield, ↑pact, ↑peace, ↑price, ↑release, ↑settlement, ↑surrender, ↑term, ↑terrain, ↑treaty, ↑truce, ↑turn

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  • negotiate — ne‧go‧ti‧ate [nɪˈgəʊʆieɪt ǁ ˈgoʊ ] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] to discuss something in order to reach an agreement: • Union leaders have negotiated an agreement for a shorter working week. • They negotiated a new contract with the sellers …   Financial and business terms

  • negotiate — ne·go·ti·ate /ni gō shē ˌāt/ vb at·ed, at·ing vi: to confer with another so as to settle some matter vt 1: to bring about through conference, discussion, and agreement or compromise negotiate a contract 2 a: to transfer (as an instrument) to… …   Law dictionary

  • negotiate — 1 parley, treat, *confer, commune, consult, advise 2 Negotiate, arrange, concert are comparable when they mean to bring about or accomplish by mutual agreement especially after discussion or parley. Negotiate and arrange both imply prior exchange …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • negotiate — [v1] bargain, discuss accommodate, adjudicate, adjust, agree, arbitrate, arrange, bring to terms*, bury the hatchet*, come across with*, compose, concert, conciliate, confer, connect, consult, contract, covenant, cut a deal*, deal, debate,… …   New thesaurus

  • negotiate — [ni gō′shē āt΄, ni gō′sēāt΄] vi. negotiated, negotiating [< L negotiatus, pp. of negotiari, to carry on business < negotium, business < neg , not (see NEGATION) + otium, ease] to confer, bargain, or discuss with a view to reaching… …   English World dictionary

  • negotiate — (v.) to communicate in search of mutual agreement, 1590s, back formation from NEGOTIATION (Cf. negotiation), or else from L. negotiatus, pp. of negotiari. In the sense of tackle successfully (1862), it at first meant to clear on horseback a hedge …   Etymology dictionary

  • negotiate — is one of Fowler s lost causes. In 1926 he strongly attacked its use in what he called ‘its improper sense’ of ‘tackle successfully’ as in negotiating bends, obstacles, etc., a use that is now well established …   Modern English usage

  • negotiate — ► VERB 1) try to reach an agreement or compromise by discussion. 2) obtain or bring about by negotiating. 3) find a way over or through (an obstacle or difficult path). 4) transfer (a cheque, bill, etc.) to the legal ownership of another.… …   English terms dictionary

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