negotiatedadj.
/nᵻˈɡəʊʃɪeɪtᵻd/, /nᵻˈɡəʊsɪeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪdᵻd/, /nəˈɡoʊsiˌeɪdᵻd/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective]
busylOE
sisela1400
importune1449
busied1576
resiant1583
pragmatical1590
doing1591
negotiated1604
practical1617
affairé1802
operative1816
occupied1897
1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. v. 14 Wheres..thy maister? Faith signior, hees alittle negotiated, hee'le appeare presently.
2. Agreed or achieved by means of negotiation.
ΚΠ
1877 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xx, in Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 6 Jan. 22/2 The easily negotiated drafts of fat cattle.
1942 Ann. Reg. 1941 266 He would prefer to see neither side win the war; a negotiated peace, in his opinion, would be much better.
1965 A. J. P. Taylor Eng. Hist. 1914–45 vi. 215 He [sc. Ramsay MacDonald] did right to boast that this [sc. the Dawes plan] was ‘the first really negotiated agreement since the war’.
1991 Air Force Mag. June 80/2 The Air Force..fought off bouffant hairdos and reached a negotiated settlement on the Afro style.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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