negotiate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: negotiate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for negotiate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
negotiate v discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house" Synonym(s): negociate, negotiate, talk terms succeed in passing through, around, or over; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass" Synonym(s): negotiate, negociate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Negotiate \Nego"tiate\, v. i. [L. negotiatus, p. p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. {Neglect}.] 1. To transact business; to carry on trade. [Obs.] --Hammond. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. To intrigue; to scheme. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Negotiate \Nego"tiate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Negotiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Negotiating}.] 1. 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. 2. 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.