negotiate Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb discuss the terms of an arrangement
talk terms; negociate.
- They negotiated the sale of the house
verb succeed in passing through, around, or over
negociate.
- The hiker negociated the high mountain pass

L. negotiatus, p.p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect.

To transact business; to carry on trade. Obs. Hammond.
To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm.
To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.
He that negotiates between God and man Is God's ambassador. Cowper.
To intrigue; to scheme. Obs. Bacon.

imperfect & past participle Negotiated ; present participle & verbal noun Negotiating

To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange.
Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago ... the most indispensable supplies. Gibbon.
To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.
The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade. Kent.