Verb: negotiate ni'gow-shi,eyt
- 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
- Succeed in passing through, around, or over
"The hiker negotiated the high mountain pass"
- Be successful; achieve a goal
"The pianist negotiated the difficult runs";
- pull off, bring off, carry off, manage
- (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