to negotiate

Definition of to negotiate in English English dictionary: To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement
We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction.; To succeed in coping with, or getting over something
Although the car was quite rickety, he could negotiate the curves very well.; To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement; To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass; {v} to traffic, trade, treat with, transact, make, manage; To intrigue; to scheme; To deal or bargain with another to make an agreement; {f} conduct negotiations, bargain, deal; arrange, work out, compromise; clear or pass an obstacle; To talk with someone in order to make a bargain, agreement or compromise; discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house"; To transact business, bargain with another , conduct communications or conferences in order to arrive at settlement; to transfer ownership of a financial instrument (like a check) to another (such as a bank) in return for a thing of value (usually cash); To transact business; to carry on trade; To arrange the terms of a contract; To communicate on a matter of disagreement between two parties, with a view to first listen to the other party's perspective and to then attempt to arrive at a resolution by consensus; to discuss an issue in order to come to an agreement; To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm; If you negotiate an area of land, a place, or an obstacle, you successfully travel across it or around it. Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup I negotiated my way out of the airport and joined the flow of cars. = navigate; Negotiate refers to the process of conferring with another party so as to arrive at a settlement of some matter; To "buy" documents representing ownership of money, goods, or other items of value The seller is also said to "negotiate to" the buyer Unless otherwise agreed between the buyer and seller (e g , by negotiating "without recourse"), the seller continues to be fully responsible for the enforceability of the documents A bank that negotiates documents under a letter of credit advances funds to the presenter before submitting the documents to the issuing bank for payment; To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences; If people negotiate with each other or negotiate an agreement, they talk about a problem or a situation such as a business arrangement in order to solve the problem or complete the arrangement. It is not clear whether the president is willing to negotiate with the democrats When you have two adversaries negotiating, you need to be on neutral territory The local government and the army negotiated a truce Western governments have this week urged him to negotiate and avoid force The South African president has negotiated an end to white-minority rule His publishing house had just begun negotiating for her next books There were reports that three companies were negotiating to market the drug; To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange