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Verb: negotiate  ni'gow-shi,eyt
  1. Discuss or bargain to reach an agreement or define terms of an arrangement
    "They negotiated the sale of the house"; "The parties negotiated all night";
    - talk terms
     
  2. Succeed in passing through, around, or over
    "The hiker negotiated the high mountain pass"
     
  3. Be successful; achieve a goal
    "The pianist negotiated the difficult runs";
    - pull off, bring off, carry off, manage
     
  4. (banking/finance) convert into cash or transfer to another party
    "negotiate a bond"

Derived forms: negotiating, negotiates, negotiated

Type of: bring home the bacon [informal], come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], deliver the goods, discuss, hash out, pass, succeed, talk over, transfer, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win

Encyclopedia: Negotiate