negotiation

English

Alternative forms

• negociation (obsolete)

Etymology

From French négociation, from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”); see negotiate.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

negotiation (plural negotiations)

1. The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

Related terms

• negotiable
• negotiate
• negotiator

Translations

process of achieving agreement

• Arabic: مفاوضات (ar) (mufawaḍāt) f pl
• Catalan: negociació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 談判 (cmn), 谈判 (cmn) (tánpàn)

• Czech: vyjednávání (cs) n
• Dutch: onderhandeling (nl) f
• Finnish: neuvottelu (fi)
• French: négociation (fr) f
• German: Verhandlung (de) f
• Hungarian: tárgyalás (hu)
• Italian: negoziato (it) m, negoziazione (it) f

• Japanese: 交渉 (ja) (こうしょう, kōshō)
• Korean: 교섭 (ko) (gyoseop)
• Kurdish: mizakere f, danûstandin f, guftûgo f, gotûbêj f, nîqaş f, dêwan f
• Norwegian: forhandling (no) c
• Portuguese: negociação f
• Russian: переговоры (ru) (peregovóry) m pl
• Serbo-Croatian: pregovor (sh) m
• Spanish: negociación (es) f
• Swedish: underhandling c
• Telugu: బేరం (bearam)

See also

• arbitration

External links

• negotiation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• negotiation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911