negotiate
Pronunciation: /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
The English word “negotiate” has 6 meanings listed here.
verb
- To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
- To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.
- To succeed in coping with, getting over or navigate a hazard or obstacle.
- To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.
- To transact business; to carry on trade.
- To intrigue; to scheme.
Etymology
c. 1598; borrowed from Latin negōtiātus, perfect active participle of negōtior (“to do business, trade”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from negotium (“business”) + -or, from nec (“not”) + otium (“leisure, ease, inactivity”).
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