Category:Negotiate

Ne*go"ti*ate, v. i. Etym: [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.

2. To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some Business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for The purchase of goods or a farm.

3. To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to Treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications Or conferences. He that negotiates between god and man is god's ambassador. Cowper.

4. To intrigue; to scheme. [obs.] Bacon.

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. Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the archipelago ... the Most indispensable supplies. Gibbon.

2. To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial Law; to sell; to pass. The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business Or trade. Kent.