negotiatev.

Brit.

/nᵻˈɡəʊʃɪeɪt/,

/nᵻˈɡəʊsɪeɪt/, U.S.

/nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/,

/nəˈɡoʊsiˌeɪt/

Forms: 1500s–1600s negotiat, 1500s– negociate, 1600s–1700s negociat, 1600s– negotiate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin negōtiāt-, negōtiārī.

Etymology: < classical Latin negōtiāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of negōtiārī to do business, trade, deal < negōtium business, work, difficulty, trouble < neg- (see negate v.) + ōtium otium n. With the sense development compare Middle French, French négocier (1484 in sense ‘to operate, proceed’, 1556 in sense ‘to do business’, 1559 in sense ‘to discuss in order to reach an agreement’), Italian negoziare (a1348 in sense ‘to do business’, 1533 in sense ‘to discuss in order to reach an agreement’). Compare also Spanish negociar (late 13th cent.), Portuguese negociar (1527).

a. intransitive. To communicate or confer (with another or others) for the purpose of arranging some matter by mutual agreement; to discuss a matter with a view to some compromise or settlement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate

driveOE

treat1297

chaffer1377

broke1496

hucka1529

capitulate1537

hack1587

haggle1589

huckster1593

negotiate1598

to stand out1606

palter1611

to drive a hard bargaina1628

priga1628

scotch1627

prig1632

higgle1633

to dodge it1652

to beat a (the) bargain1664

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Negotiare, to exercise, to negociate, to deale, to occupie, to emploie, to be busied, to exercise merchandize, to occupie a woman.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 168 Let euery eie negotiate for it selfe, And trust no Agent.

1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. xv. 93 Let the will then..know, that she is not to negotiate with God by strength of Arme.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. ii. 237 You would make a fine Plenipo to negotiate with the French. They would soon persuade you.

1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) VI. 215 The ministry negotiated, bribed and threatened.

1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. 289 She was now reduced to utter despair, and sent to negotiate with the conqueror.

1861 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) III. ii. 80 Both parties were now willing to negotiate with the view of gaining time.

1910 ‘M. Twain’ Speeches 268 I negotiated for a box of them and took them away with me.

1955 Times 10 May 14/5 Negotiate, conciliate, arbitrate, try as hard as you can for agreement rather than stoppages.

2000 New Yorker 16 Oct. 215/1 Clinton seemed..a figure from the past—a politician made to press the flesh, to give speeches in large halls and negotiate with his opponents in small rooms.

†b. intransitive. To do business or trade; to engage in commerce. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)]

cheapc1000

chaffer1340

to make (a) market1340

merchandisec1384

merchantc1400

occupy1525

traffic1537

trade1557

to make a (also one's) mart1562

commerce1587

converse1598

negotiate1601

mart1602

intertraffic1603

nundinate1623

deala1627

market1636

correspond1682

to make (out) one's market1714

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 117 Our Romanes were forced to prouide..interpreters, when they would negotiate and traffick with the people.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 449 Jewes, Turks, Armenians,..negotiating in this famous Emporium.

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxxvi. 72 It is difficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

a. transitive. To conduct a negotiation or negotiations about (a matter, affair, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > manage or administer

steerc888

leadc1175

guyc1330

guidec1374

governa1382

ministera1382

treat1387

administer1395

dispose1398

skift?a1400

warda1400

solicit1429

to deal with1469

handlea1470

execute1483

convoy?a1513

conveyc1515

mayne1520

to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1522

keepa1535

administrate1538

solicitate1547

to dispose of1573

manure1583

carry1600

manage1609

negotiate1619

conduct1632

to carry on1638

mesnage1654

nurse1745

work1841

operate1850

run1857

stage-manage1906

ramrod1920

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > conduct (an affair) > deal with (a matter) > something needing skill or care

negotiate1619

1619 M. Drayton Barons Warres iii. xxxi, in Poems (rev. ed.) 37 That weightie Bus'nesse to negotiate, They must find One of speciall worth and trust.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. viii. 11 Our Saviour himself appointed him his Legate, with a commission to negotiate the Christian cause.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 9 To negotiate this affair we sent a Turk.

1765 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) II. 215 I leave you..to negociate all these matters.

1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 313 They negotiate with the utmost anxiety the amours of their cows and sheep.

1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall I. ix. 157 Just then, there arose a slight commotion on the other side of me, occasioned by Miss Wilson's coming to negotiate an exchange of seats with Rose.

1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games vi. 207 The fun of ‘Puss in the Corner’ is that the players themselves negotiate when they are going to run; its disadvantage is that it is normally for five players, no more and no less.

1994 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 May a8/3 Under the plans now being negotiated, Sprint would run the sprawling EDS-GM communications net.

†b. intransitive. Of a proposed agreement, treaty, etc.: to be in negotiation. Only in continuous tenses. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > negotiate

setc900

treat1357

merchantc1400

tract1508

article1526

capitulate1567

articulate1602

to stand with ——1616

huckster1642

traffica1649

transact1654

negotiate1720

renegotiate1787

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 204 That Treaty was actually negotiating seven Years, and yet the War went on with all the Vigour and Rancour imaginable.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxxviii. 317 The reconciliation, which I hope will take place, is negotiating by means of the correspondence so newly opened between you and your sister.

1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 345 His marriage was then actually negotiating.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. iv. 259 It is negociating at this very moment, I believe, among the higher powers.

c. transitive. To arrange for, achieve, obtain, or bring about (something) by negotiation.

ΚΠ

1754 World 12 Dec. 614 Our country squires made treaties about their game and ladies negotiated the meeting of their lap-dogs.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 264 Send a flag into Canada, to negociate their release or exchange.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. i. xvii. 141 It was impossible..to negotiate a sale of their effects.

1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks i. ii. 29 He..sent ambassadors to negociate an equal alliance with the Chinese Empire.

1865 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? II. i. 6 After what a fashion would he be compelled to negotiate that loan!

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 178/2 He negotiated..a treaty..with Prussia.

1987 Sunday Times 4 Oct. 76/5 The best move for both sets of shareholders would be for the two men to negotiate a deal.

2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 Nov. 20/2 More important in advancing his new political career..was the alliance that he negotiated between his own Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the more conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) of Bavaria.

†d. transitive. To set right by negotiation. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > by negotiation

negotiate1776

1776 T. Paine Common Sense iii. 53 A republican government by being formed on more natural principles, would negociate the mistake.

a. transitive. Law. To transfer or assign (a cheque, bill, or other document) to the legal ownership of another; to convert into cash or notes; to obtain or give value for (a bill, cheque, etc.) in money.In quot. 1711 used intransitively with passive meaning.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > convert into cash or capital

negotiate1671

realize1720

capitalize1797

cash1811

encash1861

bank1868

unfreeze1933

strip1972

1671 On Tryal between Letten & Moresco 16 The Objecter would introduce a new Principle, and takes it for granted, That Bills of Exchange are Negotiated by persons of no Credit or Estates.

1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 54 None can negotiate or redraw a Bill of Exchange, except it be made payable to his order who must negotiate it.

1711 London Gaz. No. 4823/3 We cannot..perceive that any such Bills are Negotiating.

1748 G. G. Beekman Let. 7 Jan. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 39 Inclosed you have Also a Bill of Exchange for forty Pounds Starling on Mr. John Beckwish Living In Knaresborough YorkShire Which I Beg you Will Negotiate And Make no Doubt but it will be Puntually Paid.

1777 W. Cowper Let. 11 Dec. (1979) I. 274 I am obliged to you..for the 30 £, which I hope I shall be able to negociate here.

1833 H. Martineau Messrs. Vanderput & Snoek iii. 49 Every bill drawn upon Amsterdam, or negotiated here.

1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 355 When I paid it by these securities, you pledged yourself not to negotiate them.

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. xv. 204 The merchant..imports goods, and gives bills to such countries as receive and negotiate bills.

1882 Bills of Exchange Act §31(1) A bill is negotiated when it is transferred from one person to another in such a manner as to constitute the transferee the holder of the bill.

1969 J. B. Saunders Words & Phrases legally Defined (ed. 2) III. 333/1 If a blank stamped paper after completion is ‘negotiated’ to a holder in due course, it shall be valid and effectual for all purposes in his hands.

1991 A. G. Guest Chalmers's Bills of Exchange (ed. 14) 298 A bill payable to bearer is negotiated by mere delivery, and no indorsement is required.

b. transitive. To deal with, carry out, or arrange as a business or monetary transaction.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > business affairs > [verb (transitive)]

transact1636

negotiate1809

1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 55 The dividend warrants of the Stock negotiated by N. M. Rothschild.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvii. 534 ‘Utter destruction’ had been the common fate of those who..had negotiated the king's loans.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 427/2 The Spanish government gave him full powers to negotiate the loans.

1996 Categories of Land Tax Grant in Texas (Arch. & Rec. Div., Texas Gen. Land Office) 3 President Sam Houston was authorized to negotiate a loan for $20,000 for the purpose of purchasing ammunition and munitions of war.

a. transitive. To find a way through, round, or over (an obstacle, a difficult path, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > through or over obstacles > skilfully

thread1597

negotiate1862

1862 G. J. Whyte-Melville Inside Bar i The first fence I negotiated most successfully.

1882 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 15 Feb. 174 No sweeping curve is required to negotiate a corner, as the machine may be swung round directly.

1909 J. London in Sat. Evening Post 22 May 37/2 They, in the auto,..negotiating the sharp apex and going up Geary.

1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror v. 94 He entered Marmont Mansions and Bill..could hear him wheezily negotiating the stairs.

1973 E. 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.

1987 Grimsby Evening Tel. 10 Nov. 16/3 The popular Fibre Sand Small Open attracted no less than 50 starters with 16 negotiating the testing course to go clear.

2001 Guardian 17 Feb. (Travel section) 18/2 The other type of skier..will attempt to negotiate the bumps using short turns down the fall line.

b. transitive. To succeed in dealing with in the way desired; to manage or bring about successfully.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)]

overcomeeOE

forecomec1000

overwieldlOE

masterc1225

overmaistrie1340

overmatcha1375

overpassa1382

surmount1390

to have the fairer (of)c1400

maistriec1400

overmasterc1425

winc1440

overc1485

bestride1526

rixlec1540

overreach1555

control1567

overmate1567

govern1593

to give (a person) the lurch1598

get1600

to gain cope of1614

top1633

to fetch overa1640

down1641

to have the whip hand (of)1680

carberry1692

to cut down1713

to be more than a match for1762

outflank1773

outmaster1799

outgeneral1831

weather1834

best1839

fore-reach1845

to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849

scoop1850

euchrec1866

bemaster1871

negotiate1888

to do down1900

to get (someone) wetc1926

lick1946

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Nov. 5/2 The difficulty of simultaneously negotiating creatures whose divergent natures demand..widely different tactics.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 246/2 A character..nonchalantly adjusts his cravat and starts to open his mouth to negotiate a jeu d'esprit.

1987 J. Rule Memory Board xi. 188 Diana used her cane for negotiating her balance.

1991 20–20 Spring 60/3 The challenge on Desperate Hours was to negotiate the contrasting acting styles of Anthony Hopkins, a classically trained English theatre actor, and Mickey Rourke, an alumnus of Lee Strasberg's studio and a full-blooded method actor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	negotiate
释义	negotiatev. Brit. /nᵻˈɡəʊʃɪeɪt/, /nᵻˈɡəʊsɪeɪt/, U.S. /nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪt/, /nəˈɡoʊsiˌeɪt/ Forms: 1500s–1600s negotiat, 1500s– negociate, 1600s–1700s negociat, 1600s– negotiate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin negōtiāt-, negōtiārī. Etymology: < classical Latin negōtiāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of negōtiārī to do business, trade, deal < negōtium business, work, difficulty, trouble < neg- (see negate v.) + ōtium otium n. With the sense development compare Middle French, French négocier (1484 in sense ‘to operate, proceed’, 1556 in sense ‘to do business’, 1559 in sense ‘to discuss in order to reach an agreement’), Italian negoziare (a1348 in sense ‘to do business’, 1533 in sense ‘to discuss in order to reach an agreement’). Compare also Spanish negociar (late 13th cent.), Portuguese negociar (1527). 1. a. intransitive. To communicate or confer (with another or others) for the purpose of arranging some matter by mutual agreement; to discuss a matter with a view to some compromise or settlement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate driveOE treat1297 chaffer1377 broke1496 hucka1529 capitulate1537 hack1587 haggle1589 huckster1593 negotiate1598 to stand out1606 palter1611 to drive a hard bargaina1628 priga1628 scotch1627 prig1632 higgle1633 to dodge it1652 to beat a (the) bargain1664 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Negotiare, to exercise, to negociate, to deale, to occupie, to emploie, to be busied, to exercise merchandize, to occupie a woman. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 168 Let euery eie negotiate for it selfe, And trust no Agent. View more context for this quotation 1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. xv. 93 Let the will then..know, that she is not to negotiate with God by strength of Arme. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. ii. 237 You would make a fine Plenipo to negotiate with the French. They would soon persuade you. View more context for this quotation 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) VI. 215 The ministry negotiated, bribed and threatened. 1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. 289 She was now reduced to utter despair, and sent to negotiate with the conqueror. 1861 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) III. ii. 80 Both parties were now willing to negotiate with the view of gaining time. 1910 ‘M. Twain’ Speeches 268 I negotiated for a box of them and took them away with me. 1955 Times 10 May 14/5 Negotiate, conciliate, arbitrate, try as hard as you can for agreement rather than stoppages. 2000 New Yorker 16 Oct. 215/1 Clinton seemed..a figure from the past—a politician made to press the flesh, to give speeches in large halls and negotiate with his opponents in small rooms. †b. intransitive. To do business or trade; to engage in commerce. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)] cheapc1000 chaffer1340 to make (a) market1340 merchandisec1384 merchantc1400 occupy1525 traffic1537 trade1557 to make a (also one's) mart1562 commerce1587 converse1598 negotiate1601 mart1602 intertraffic1603 nundinate1623 deala1627 market1636 correspond1682 to make (out) one's market1714 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 117 Our Romanes were forced to prouide..interpreters, when they would negotiate and traffick with the people. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 449 Jewes, Turks, Armenians,..negotiating in this famous Emporium. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxxvi. 72 It is difficult to negotiate where neither will trust. 2. a. transitive. To conduct a negotiation or negotiations about (a matter, affair, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > manage or administer steerc888 leadc1175 guyc1330 guidec1374 governa1382 ministera1382 treat1387 administer1395 dispose1398 skift?a1400 warda1400 solicit1429 to deal with1469 handlea1470 execute1483 convoy?a1513 conveyc1515 mayne1520 to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1522 keepa1535 administrate1538 solicitate1547 to dispose of1573 manure1583 carry1600 manage1609 negotiate1619 conduct1632 to carry on1638 mesnage1654 nurse1745 work1841 operate1850 run1857 stage-manage1906 ramrod1920 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > conduct (an affair) > deal with (a matter) > something needing skill or care negotiate1619 1619 M. Drayton Barons Warres iii. xxxi, in Poems (rev. ed.) 37 That weightie Bus'nesse to negotiate, They must find One of speciall worth and trust. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. viii. 11 Our Saviour himself appointed him his Legate, with a commission to negotiate the Christian cause. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 9 To negotiate this affair we sent a Turk. 1765 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) II. 215 I leave you..to negociate all these matters. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 313 They negotiate with the utmost anxiety the amours of their cows and sheep. 1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall I. ix. 157 Just then, there arose a slight commotion on the other side of me, occasioned by Miss Wilson's coming to negotiate an exchange of seats with Rose. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games vi. 207 The fun of ‘Puss in the Corner’ is that the players themselves negotiate when they are going to run; its disadvantage is that it is normally for five players, no more and no less. 1994 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 May a8/3 Under the plans now being negotiated, Sprint would run the sprawling EDS-GM communications net. †b. intransitive. Of a proposed agreement, treaty, etc.: to be in negotiation. Only in continuous tenses. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > negotiate setc900 treat1357 merchantc1400 tract1508 article1526 capitulate1567 articulate1602 to stand with ——1616 huckster1642 traffica1649 transact1654 negotiate1720 renegotiate1787 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 204 That Treaty was actually negotiating seven Years, and yet the War went on with all the Vigour and Rancour imaginable. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxxviii. 317 The reconciliation, which I hope will take place, is negotiating by means of the correspondence so newly opened between you and your sister. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 345 His marriage was then actually negotiating. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. iv. 259 It is negociating at this very moment, I believe, among the higher powers. c. transitive. To arrange for, achieve, obtain, or bring about (something) by negotiation. ΚΠ 1754 World 12 Dec. 614 Our country squires made treaties about their game and ladies negotiated the meeting of their lap-dogs. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 264 Send a flag into Canada, to negociate their release or exchange. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. i. xvii. 141 It was impossible..to negotiate a sale of their effects. 1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks i. ii. 29 He..sent ambassadors to negociate an equal alliance with the Chinese Empire. 1865 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? II. i. 6 After what a fashion would he be compelled to negotiate that loan! 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 178/2 He negotiated..a treaty..with Prussia. 1987 Sunday Times 4 Oct. 76/5 The best move for both sets of shareholders would be for the two men to negotiate a deal. 2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 Nov. 20/2 More important in advancing his new political career..was the alliance that he negotiated between his own Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the more conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) of Bavaria. †d. transitive. To set right by negotiation. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > by negotiation negotiate1776 1776 T. Paine Common Sense iii. 53 A republican government by being formed on more natural principles, would negociate the mistake. 3. a. transitive. Law. To transfer or assign (a cheque, bill, or other document) to the legal ownership of another; to convert into cash or notes; to obtain or give value for (a bill, cheque, etc.) in money.In quot. 1711 used intransitively with passive meaning. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > convert into cash or capital negotiate1671 realize1720 capitalize1797 cash1811 encash1861 bank1868 unfreeze1933 strip1972 1671 On Tryal between Letten & Moresco 16 The Objecter would introduce a new Principle, and takes it for granted, That Bills of Exchange are Negotiated by persons of no Credit or Estates. 1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 54 None can negotiate or redraw a Bill of Exchange, except it be made payable to his order who must negotiate it. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4823/3 We cannot..perceive that any such Bills are Negotiating. 1748 G. G. Beekman Let. 7 Jan. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 39 Inclosed you have Also a Bill of Exchange for forty Pounds Starling on Mr. John Beckwish Living In Knaresborough YorkShire Which I Beg you Will Negotiate And Make no Doubt but it will be Puntually Paid. 1777 W. Cowper Let. 11 Dec. (1979) I. 274 I am obliged to you..for the 30 £, which I hope I shall be able to negociate here. 1833 H. Martineau Messrs. Vanderput & Snoek iii. 49 Every bill drawn upon Amsterdam, or negotiated here. 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 355 When I paid it by these securities, you pledged yourself not to negotiate them. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. xv. 204 The merchant..imports goods, and gives bills to such countries as receive and negotiate bills. 1882 Bills of Exchange Act §31(1) A bill is negotiated when it is transferred from one person to another in such a manner as to constitute the transferee the holder of the bill. 1969 J. B. Saunders Words & Phrases legally Defined (ed. 2) III. 333/1 If a blank stamped paper after completion is ‘negotiated’ to a holder in due course, it shall be valid and effectual for all purposes in his hands. 1991 A. G. Guest Chalmers's Bills of Exchange (ed. 14) 298 A bill payable to bearer is negotiated by mere delivery, and no indorsement is required. b. transitive. To deal with, carry out, or arrange as a business or monetary transaction. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > [verb (transitive)] transact1636 negotiate1809 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 55 The dividend warrants of the Stock negotiated by N. M. Rothschild. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvii. 534 ‘Utter destruction’ had been the common fate of those who..had negotiated the king's loans. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 427/2 The Spanish government gave him full powers to negotiate the loans. 1996 Categories of Land Tax Grant in Texas (Arch. & Rec. Div., Texas Gen. Land Office) 3 President Sam Houston was authorized to negotiate a loan for $20,000 for the purpose of purchasing ammunition and munitions of war. 4. a. transitive. To find a way through, round, or over (an obstacle, a difficult path, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > through or over obstacles > skilfully thread1597 negotiate1862 1862 G. J. Whyte-Melville Inside Bar i The first fence I negotiated most successfully. 1882 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 15 Feb. 174 No sweeping curve is required to negotiate a corner, as the machine may be swung round directly. 1909 J. London in Sat. Evening Post 22 May 37/2 They, in the auto,..negotiating the sharp apex and going up Geary. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror v. 94 He entered Marmont Mansions and Bill..could hear him wheezily negotiating the stairs. 1973 E. 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. 1987 Grimsby Evening Tel. 10 Nov. 16/3 The popular Fibre Sand Small Open attracted no less than 50 starters with 16 negotiating the testing course to go clear. 2001 Guardian 17 Feb. (Travel section) 18/2 The other type of skier..will attempt to negotiate the bumps using short turns down the fall line. b. transitive. To succeed in dealing with in the way desired; to manage or bring about successfully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] overcomeeOE forecomec1000 overwieldlOE masterc1225 overmaistrie1340 overmatcha1375 overpassa1382 surmount1390 to have the fairer (of)c1400 maistriec1400 overmasterc1425 winc1440 overc1485 bestride1526 rixlec1540 overreach1555 control1567 overmate1567 govern1593 to give (a person) the lurch1598 get1600 to gain cope of1614 top1633 to fetch overa1640 down1641 to have the whip hand (of)1680 carberry1692 to cut down1713 to be more than a match for1762 outflank1773 outmaster1799 outgeneral1831 weather1834 best1839 fore-reach1845 to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849 scoop1850 euchrec1866 bemaster1871 negotiate1888 to do down1900 to get (someone) wetc1926 lick1946 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Nov. 5/2 The difficulty of simultaneously negotiating creatures whose divergent natures demand..widely different tactics. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 246/2 A character..nonchalantly adjusts his cravat and starts to open his mouth to negotiate a jeu d'esprit. 1987 J. Rule Memory Board xi. 188 Diana used her cane for negotiating her balance. 1991 20–20 Spring 60/3 The challenge on Desperate Hours was to negotiate the contrasting acting styles of Anthony Hopkins, a classically trained English theatre actor, and Mickey Rourke, an alumnus of Lee Strasberg's studio and a full-blooded method actor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1598
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