negotiable

/ni'gouʃjəbl/

Thân thiện

The price of the used car is negotiable.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Open to discussion or modification: Describes something, especially a price, condition, or term, that is not fixed and can be discussed or changed through bargaining.
   • Legally transferable: Refers to a financial document (like a check or bond) that can be legally transferred to another person's ownership.
   • Passable or traversable: Describes a route, such as a road or path, that is capable of being traveled on or passed through.

Usage Examples

• Open to discussion:
  • The salary for the position is negotiable.
  • All the terms in the contract are negotiable.
• Legally transferable:
  • A check is a negotiable instrument.
  • The bonds are negotiable and can be sold on the open market.
• Passable or traversable:
  • After the storm, the mountain road was no longer negotiable.
  • The path through the woods is barely negotiable in the dark.

Advanced Usage

• "Non-negotiable": Not open for discussion or change; fixed.
  • The deadline for the project is non-negotiable.
• In formal or legal contexts, "negotiable" often appears in the phrase "negotiable instrument" to describe a signed document promising a sum of payment.
  • Promissory notes and drafts are common types of negotiable instruments.

Variants and Related Words

• Negotiate (verb): To discuss something formally to reach an agreement; to successfully travel along a path.
  • They will negotiate the terms of the merger.
  • The truck negotiated the narrow street carefully.
• Negotiation (noun): The process of discussing something to reach an agreement.
  • The negotiation lasted for several hours.
• Negotiator (noun): A person who conducts negotiations.
  • She is a skilled negotiator.

Synonyms

• Debatable: Open to discussion or argument.
• Flexible: Capable of bending or being adapted.
• Transferable: Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place or person to another.
• Passable: Just good enough to be acceptable; able to be traveled on.

Antonyms

• Non-negotiable: Not open to discussion or change.
• Fixed: Predetermined and not subject to change.
• Intransferable: Not able to be transferred to another.

Related Phrases

• On the table: Offered for discussion or consideration.
  • All options are still on the table and negotiable.
• Bargaining chip: Something used as leverage in a negotiation.
  • His extensive experience was a major bargaining chip in the salary negotiation.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. legally transferable to the ownership of another
   • negotiable bonds
2. able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise
   • negotiable demands
   • the proposal is still on the table
3. capable of being passed or negotiated
   • a negotiable road

Từ đồng nghĩa

• assignable
• conveyable
• transferable
• transferrable
• on the table