negotiate
verb (used without object)
to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
am negotiating
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present progressiveof negotiate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I am negotiating for what is, essentially, a used playing field,” Widget continues.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
I am negotiating a large and promising operation which you understand about as well as farming.
From What Can She Do? by Edward Payson Roe
"I am negotiating for the purchase of a dentist's establishment."
From Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Émile Gaboriau
Thank you very much, sir," he said, "but, as a matter of fact, I am negotiating a change into an Indian regiment.
From Mary Gray by Katharine Tynan
Whenever I can get appointments with the people I am negotiating with.
From The Sheridan Road Mystery by Mabel Thorne
