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negotiable, a.|nɪˈgəʊʃ(ɪ)əb(ə)l|
[f. negoti-ate v. + -able, or ad. F. négociable (1688).]
1. Of bills, drafts, cheques, etc.: Capable of being negotiated; transferable or assignable in the course of business from one person to another.
1758Monthly Rev. 132 Bills of Exchange..negotiable at Hispaniola. 1772Foote Nabob ii. Wks. 1799 II. 304 A masquerade ticket is more negotiable there than a note from the bank. 1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 20 Negotiable bills under five pounds. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. iii. xxiii. §1 (1876) 386 The quoted prices of the funds and other negotiable securities. 1879Lubbock in 19th Cent. Nov. 793 These Assyrian drafts were negotiable, but from the nature of things could not pass by endorsement.
†2. Capable of being negotiated with. Obs. rare.
1794Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 218 It is not said..what state of things in France may be said to put her in a condition negotiable or not negotiable.
3. Admitting of being crossed, ascended, etc.
1880Daily Tel. 25 Oct., The riders remain behind, for the wall from the road is hardly negotiable. 1895A. G. Bradley Wolfe xi. 183 That this [path] was negotiable was very evident, from the white gleam..of tents which proclaimed the presence of an outpost at its summit.
Add:4. fig. Of an abstraction: having a commonly agreed basis for discussion.
1938J. C. Ransom World's Body 339 Behind appreciation, which is private, and criticism, which is public and negotiable, and represents the last stage of English studies, is historical scholarship. 1961J. Didion in Vogue 1 Aug. 63/1 They display what was once called character, a quality which, although approved in the abstract, sometimes loses ground to other, more instantly negotiable virtues.
5. Usu. pred. To be decided or arranged by negotiation or mutual agreement. (Esp. of terms of employment.)
1971Morning Star 7 Dec. 1/3 Dublin Premier Jack Lynch..said that the constitution of a future United Ireland was negotiable. 1987Shropshire Admag (Telford ed.) 4 June 8/1 Part time bar staff required, hours negotiable. 1988Daily Tel. 3 Nov. (Appointments Suppl.) p. xvi/2 We are offering an excellent salary negotiable according to experience. |