negotiat

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago . . . the most indispensable supplies. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass. [ 1913 Webster ]

The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. negotiatio: cf. F. négociation. ] 1. The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, mercantile business; trading. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who had lost, with these prizes, forty thousand pounds, after twenty years' negotiation in the East Indies. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making treaties, composing difference, etc.; as, the negotiations at Ghent. [ 1913 Webster ]

An important negotiation with foreign powers. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. négociateur. ] One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public or private compacts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to negotiation. [ 1913 Webster ]