negotiation

negotiation
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ lengthy, protracted
▪ ongoing
▪ final
▪ direct, face-to-face
▪ successful
▪ fruitless, unsuccessful
▪ behind-the-scenes, secret
▪ bilateral, multilateral
▪ diplomatic, political
▪ global, international
▪ constant, continuous
▪ difficult, tough
▪ delicate
▪ complex
▪ intense, serious
▪

It's time for some serious negotiation.

▪ formal
▪ high-level
▪ pay (esp. BrE), salary (esp. AmE), wage (esp. BrE)
▪ peace, trade, etc.
VERB + NEGOTIATION
▪ enter into, open, start
▪ break off
▪ continue, reopen, resume
▪ conduct
▪

Negotiations were conducted in secret.

▪ handle
▪

Allen had handled the negotiations himself.

▪ lead
▪

Leading those negotiations is Senator Susan Collins of Maine.

▪ facilitate
▪ complete, conclude
▪ be open to, be subject to
▪

The final price is open to negotiation.

NEGOTIATION + VERB
▪ take place
▪

Union negotiations take place behind closed doors.

▪ begin, start
▪ continue, go on
▪

Negotiations continued all day to try to avert a strike.

▪ break down, collapse, fail
NEGOTIATION + NOUN
▪ process
▪ skills
▪ table
▪

They wanted to bring the conflicting parties back to the negotiation table.

PREPOSITION
▪ by negotiation
▪

Rents are agreed by negotiation.

▪ in negotiation (with)
▪

She is in negotiation with other heads of state on the question of oil prices.

▪ through negotiation
▪

The problem should be resolved through negotiation.

▪ under negotiation
▪

Contracts are under negotiation.

▪ negotiation between
▪

The alliance is the product of months of negotiation between the two parties.

▪ negotiation for
▪

The problem is not the negotiations for a contract.

▪ negotiation of
▪

the negotiation of a new contract

▪ negotiation on
▪

international negotiations on reducing carbon emissions

▪ negotiation over
▪

negotiations over the number of houses to be built

▪ negotiation with
▪

negotiations with the other side

PHRASES
▪ a basis for negotiation
▪ a matter for negotiation
▪ months, years, etc. of negotiation
▪

They signed the treaty after several years of negotiation.

▪ a process of negotiation
▪

Compromise is reached by a process of negotiation.

▪ room for negotiation
▪

There is considerable room for negotiation on some of the details.


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