negotiate
[ni-goh-shee-eyt]
- to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- to arrange for or bring about by discussion and settlement of terms: to negotiate a loan.
- to manage; transact; conduct: He negotiated an important business deal.
- to move through, around, or over in a satisfactory manner: to negotiate a difficult dance step without tripping: to negotiate sharp curves.
- to transfer (a draft, promissory note, etc.) to a new owner by endorsement and delivery or by delivery.
Origin of negotiate
1590–1600; < Latin negōtiātus (past participle of negōtiārī to trade), equivalent to negōti(um) business (neg- not + ōtium leisure) + -ātus -ate1
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com5. convey, transmit, sign over.
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Examples from the Web for negotiator
Contemporary Examples
But they depended on Bell as an expert and a negotiator, fluent in Arabic and used to the schisms and vendettas of the region.
The negotiator added that she told him she “liked to watch them squirm around after they had been shot.”
We need look no further than Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) himself, the chief GOP negotiator on this deal.
The chief Iranian negotiator, Saeed Jalili, then characterized uranium enrichment as an “irrefutable” right.
He says the negotiator was sent to Qatar without clear instructions, and his communications to Quetta effectively went unanswered.
Historical Examples
What sort of a negotiator can he make who is too late at a minister's dinner?
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Rhodes offered his own services as negotiator, and they were accepted.
Victorian WorthiesGeorge Henry Blore
Tergiversations were discovered on the part of the British negotiator.
He had long been preeminently distinguished as a negotiator.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.Thomas Babington Macaulay
In the talents of a negotiator, on the other hand, he has never been surpassed.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.Thomas Babington Macaulay
negotiate
- to work or talk (with others) to achieve (a transaction, an agreement, etc)
- (tr) to succeed in passing through, around, or overto negotiate a mountain pass
- (tr) finance
- to transfer (a negotiable commercial paper) by endorsement to another in return for value received
- to sell (financial assets)
- to arrange for (a loan)
Word Origin
C16: from Latin negōtiārī to do business, from negōtium business, from nec not + ōtium leisure
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Word Origin and History for negotiator
n.
1590s, "businessman," from Latin negotiator "one who carries on business by wholesale," from negotiatus, past participle of negotiari (see negotiation). Meaning "one who carries on negotiations" is from c.1600.
negotiate
v.
"to communicate in search of mutual agreement," 1590s, back-formation from negotiation, or else from Latin negotiatus, past participle of negotiari. In the sense of "tackle successfully" (1862), it at first meant "to clear on horseback a hedge, fence, or other obstacle" and "originated in the hunting-field; those who hunt the fox like also to hunt jocular verbal novelties" [Gowers, 1965]. Related: Negotiated; negotiating.
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