Definition

1. Verb (transitive and intransitive):
   • To discuss something formally in order to reach an agreement, especially in business or politics. This involves dialogue and compromise between parties.
   • To successfully travel along or over a difficult or challenging path or obstacle.
   • (Finance) To transfer ownership of a financial document (like a bill or bond) to another party in return for value.
   • (Archaic) To succeed in accomplishing or handling something difficult.

Usage and Examples

• Discussing Terms:
  • The union will negociate a new contract with management.
  • They spent hours negociating the details of the merger.
• Navigating a Path:
  • The driver skillfully negociated the sharp curves of the coastal road.
• Financial Transfer:
  • The bank agreed to negociate the commercial paper.

Advanced Usage Notes

• The spelling "negociate" is an older, now less common variant of the standard modern spelling "negotiate". In contemporary English, "negotiate" is universally preferred.
• In financial contexts, it specifically means to convert a security or instrument into cash or to transfer it legally.

Variants and Related Words

• Negotiation (n): The process or act of negotiating.
  • The negotiation lasted for several days.
• Negotiable (adj): Open to discussion or modification; able to be transferred.
  • The salary for the position is negotiable.
• Negotiator (n): A person who conducts negotiations.
  • She was the lead negotiator for the peace talks.

Synonyms

• Discuss terms: Bargain, confer, mediate, arbitrate.
• Navigate: Maneuver, traverse, clear, pass.
• Archaic (succeed): Accomplish, achieve, manage.

Phrasal Verbs and Related Constructions

• Negotiate for: To try to reach an agreement in order to obtain something.
  • They are negotiating for better working conditions.
• Negotiate with: To have discussions with a specific party.
  • The government refused to negotiate with the terrorists.

Related Idioms

• Negotiate a hurdle/obstacle: To successfully deal with a difficulty. (This extends the 'navigate' meaning figuratively).
  • The team had to negotiate several legal hurdles before the project could begin.

Verb

1. discuss the terms of an arrangement
   • They negotiated the sale of the house
2. confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement
   • The parties negociated all night
3. succeed in passing through, around, or over
   • The hiker negociated the high mountain pass
4. transfer by endorsement to another in return for value received
   • negociate a bond
5. sell or discount
   • negociate securities
6. be successful; achieve a goal
   • She succeeded in persuading us all
   • I managed to carry the box upstairs
   • She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it
   • The pianist negociated the difficult runs