Associations to the word «Negotiate»

Wiktionary

NEGOTIATE, verb. (intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
NEGOTIATE, verb. (transitive) To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.
NEGOTIATE, verb. (transitive) To succeed in coping with, or getting over something.
NEGOTIATE, verb. (obsolete) To transact business; to carry on trade.
NEGOTIATE, verb. (obsolete) To intrigue; to scheme.

Dictionary definition

NEGOTIATE, verb. Discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house".
NEGOTIATE, verb. Succeed in passing through, around, or over; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats