renegotiate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
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to reexamine (a government contract) with a view to eliminating or modifying those provisions found to represent excessive profits to the contractor.
verb (used without object)
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to negotiate anew.
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to reexamine the costs and profits involved in a government contract for adjustment purposes.
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Etymology
Origin of renegotiate
Explanation
To renegotiate is to go back to a previously settled agreement and discuss the details all over again. If you have to renegotiate the terms of your dog walking job, it may feel like you're starting from scratch. To negotiate is to bargain, confer, or compromise until you reach a deal with another person or group. When you renegotiate, you do it again. After you move into a new apartment and realize there's a loud music store downstairs, you might try to renegotiate your lease, asking your landlord to reduce your rent. And countries frequently renegotiate treaties, returning to haggle over details, making sure they benefit from the agreement.
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For example, an Indian garment exporter must actively tell a UK buyer that the import duty on shirts has fallen from 12% to zero and renegotiate prices or contracts accordingly.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Hackman Capital is still trying to renegotiate its debt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
They might also decide to walk away, or to renegotiate their contracts with Verra with better terms, he said.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
With a public debt load estimated as high as $170 billion, Venezuela’s restructuring promises to be one of the largest and most complex efforts to renegotiate sovereign debt, economists say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
John Valentine wanted to take advantage of the big harvest to renegotiate their loan.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Hearn says if Saudi organisers decide they want to stage the fight in America instead, Joshua's contract would need to be renegotiated.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
It renegotiated their alliance last year and retains only a non-exclusive license on its technology until 2032.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
The company said it has also renegotiated prices with its factories and taken other steps to reduce costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
She fulfilled one label contract, renegotiated another and proved herself marketable enough to the general public to make her follow-up album, 2024’s “Brat,” without interference.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
“Well, I should imagine the charter would have to be renegotiated, and now that the Colonial Office knows what sort of a planet this is, they’ll be anything but generous with the Company….”
From Little Fuzzy by Piper, H. Beam
But there is serious jeopardy for Real if they keep Vinicius without renegotiating his contract.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
And there are not-too-distant examples of companies renegotiating or extending contracts in times of market stress, when their customers don’t need as much of the things they make.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Indeed, in the period in between the opening ceremony at the Estadio Azteca, and the final in New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, the three will be renegotiating the USMCA, the North American free trade area.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
While upholding Carter’s nullification of the other leases, including the Brentwood School’s use of 22 acres for athletic facilities, the panel said the judge went too far in prohibiting the VA from renegotiating those leases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Her country sends more than 80 percent of its exports to the United States, with which she is renegotiating a trade agreement.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
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