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negotiate, v.|nɪˈgəʊʃɪeɪt|
Also 7–8 negociate, -at.
[f. ppl. stem of L. negōtiāre, f. negōtium, f. neg- not + ōtium ease, quiet.]
1. intr.
a. To hold communication or conference (with another) for the purpose of arranging some matter by mutual agreement; to discuss a matter with a view to some settlement or compromise.
1599Shakes. Much Ado ii. i. 185 Let euerie eye negotiate for it selfe, And trust no Agent. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 150 The Secretaries themselues commonly can neither write, nor answere ambassadors..when they negotiat. 1671Woodhead St. Teresa i. xv. 93 Let the will then..know, that she is not to negotiate with God by strength of Arme. 1783Justamond tr. Raynal's Hist. Indies VI. 215 The ministry negotiated, bribed and threatened. 1840Thirlwall Greece VII. 289 She was now reduced to utter despair, and sent to negotiate with the conqueror. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. x. 103, I have authorized Hans to negotiate..for four of these, even as a loan. 1861Buckle Civiliz. (1873) III. ii. 80 Both parties were now willing to negotiate with the view of gaining time.
†b. To do business or trade; to traffic. Obs.
1601Holland Pliny I. 117 Our Romanes were forced to prouide..interpreters, when they would negotiate and traffick with the people. 1645Evelyn Diary June (Venice), Jews, Turks, Armenians,..negotiating in this famous Emporium. 1759Johnson Rasselas xxxvi[i], It is difficult to negociate where neither will trust.
2. trans.
a. To deal with, manage, or conduct (a matter, affair, etc., requiring some skill or consideration).
1619Drayton Bar. Wars iii. xxxi, That weightie Bus'nesse to negotiate, They must find One of speciall worth and trust. 1639Fuller Holy War i. viii. (1840) 12 Our Saviour himself appointed him his legate with a commission to negotiate the Christian cause. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1732) 9 To negotiate this affair we sent a Turk. 1765Wilkes Corr. (1805) II. 215, I leave you..to negociate all these matters. 1807Southey Espriella's Lett. III. 313 They negotiate with the utmost anxiety the amours of their cows and sheep.
b. To arrange for, obtain, bring about (something) by means of negotiation.
1721De Foe Mem. Cavalier (1840) 193 That treaty..was negotiating. 1754H. Walpole World No. 102 III. 284 Our country squires made treaties about their game, and ladies negociated the meeting of their lap-dogs. 1794S. Williams Vermont 264 Send a flag into Canada, to negociate their release or exchange. 1838Prescott Ferd. & Is. (1846) II. xvii. 129 It was impossible..to negotiate a sale of their effects. 1853J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1873) II. i. i. 25 He..sent ambassadors to negotiate an equal alliance with the Chinese Empire.
c. To set right by negotiation. rare—1.
1776Paine Com. Sense (1791) 44 A republican government, by being formed on more natural principles, would negociate the mistake.
3. a. To transfer or assign (a bill, etc.) to another in return for some equivalent in value; to convert into cash or notes; to obtain or give value for (bills, cheques, etc.) in money.
1682J. Scarlett Exchanges 54 None can negotiate or redraw a Bill of Exchange, except it be made payable to his order who must negotiate it. 1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4823/3 We cannot..perceive that any such Bills are Negotiating. 1777Cowper Let. 11 Dec., I am obliged to you..for the thirty pounds, which I hope I shall be able to negociate here. 1833H. Martineau Vanderput & S. iii. 49 Every bill drawn upon Amsterdam, or negotiated here. 1856Lever Martins of Cro'M. 355 When I paid it by these securities, you pledged yourself not to negotiate them. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. xv. (1876) 208 The merchant..imports goods, and gives bills to such countries as receive and negotiate bills.
b. To deal with, carry out, as a business or monetary transaction.
1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 55 The dividend warrants of the Stock negotiated by N. M. Rothschild. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. xvii. II. 534 ‘Utter destruction’ had been the common fate of those who..had negotiated the king's loans.
4. a. (Orig. Hunting.) To clear (a hedge or fence); to succeed in crossing, getting over, round, or through (an obstacle, etc.) by skill or dexterity.
1862G. J. Whyte-Melville Ins. Bar i, The first fence I negotiated most successfully. 1866Daily Tel. 25 Oct., A stiff bit of timber which his neighbours..were chesting or declining to negotiate. 1882Bazaar Exch. & M. 15 Feb. 174 No sweeping curve is required to negotiate a corner, as the machine may be swung round directly. 1909Q. Rev. Oct. 492 Some rival..had ‘negotiated’—this we believe to be the sporting phrase—the same 150 miles in forty-seven hours. 1922H. Titus Timber xvi. 151 Pelly negotiated the cuspidor safely. 1973E. Lemarchand Let or Hindrance xiii. 157 Toye negotiated the narrow entry, and they arrived in a small enclosed space in which several cars were already parked.
b. To succeed in dealing with in the way desired; to get the better of.
1888Pall Mall G. 14 Nov. 5/2 The difficulty of simultaneously negotiating creatures whose divergent natures demand..widely different tactics.
Hence neˈgotiated ppl. a. († engaged, busy); neˈgotiating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1604Dekker Honest Wh. i. Wks. 1873 II. 17 Where's..thy Maister? Faith signior, hee's a little negotiated; he'l appeare presently. 1622Bacon Hen. VII 21 Certaine it is, shee was a busie negotiating woman. 1659Gentl. Calling ix. §5. 452 This surely is enough to excite men to a diligent negotiating with those talents they have received. 1713Swift Hist. Last Sess. Wks. 1758 IX. 223 This low Talent in Business the Cardinal..used in contempt to call a spirit of Negotiating. 1870Daily News 5 Dec., Some negotiating was going on. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 253 The easily negotiated drafts of fat cattle. |