negotiation
English
Alternative forms
- negociation (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”); see negotiate.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: ne‧go‧ti‧a‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
negotiation (countable and uncountable, plural negotiations)
- The process of achieving agreement through discussion.
- The specifics of the contract are still under negotiation.
- The two parties entered into negotiations about the merger.
Hyponyms
- content negotiation (Web)
Related terms
Translations
process of achieving agreement
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See also
Further reading
- “negotiation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “negotiation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- negotiation in The Negotiation Experts, 1996
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