negotiate
verb
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The Controversial History of Negotiate
Negotiate found its way into the English language from the Latin verb negōtiārī, meaning "to do business, trade, or deal." Since its arrival, this word has developed a variety of applications. The "doing business" sense is still going strong: in addition to its most common use in situations where formal decisions (such as a price to be paid) are made by way of discussion, negotiate is also used to talk about the transfer or conversion of money, as in the phrase "negotiate a check." Negotiate has applications outside of commerce, too; it is sometimes used to mean "to successfully travel along or over," as when a cyclist is said to "negotiate mountainous terrain."
Examples of negotiate in a Sentence
Maya Goldman, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
In the coming world, machine intelligences navigating conflict and negotiating peace might help clarify, or even surmount, traditional dilemmas.
—Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
Now, the money can come from the buyer’s side, giving them power to negotiate over the fee and to consider whether their agent deserved, say, a $30,000 lump sum (the classic 3 percent commission on a median $1 million Manhattan apartment).
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Negotiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/negotiate. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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