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Webster 1913 Edition


Negotiable

Ne-go′ti-a-ble

(? or ?)
,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
négotiable
. See
Negotiate
.]
Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or indorsement to another person;
as, a
negotiable
note or bill of exchange
.
Negotiable paper
,
any commercial paper transferable by sale or delivery and indorsement, as bills of exchange, drafts, checks, and promissory notes.

Webster 1828 Edition


Negotiable

NEGOTIABLE

,
Adj.
[from negotiate] That may be transferred by assignment or indorsement; that may be passed from the owner to another person so as to vest the property in the assignee; as a negotiable note or bill or exchange.

Definition 2024


negotiable

negotiable

English

Adjective

negotiable (comparative more negotiable, superlative most negotiable)

  1. (of an obstacle, route etc) Able to be traversed.
  2. (law, finance) Able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement
  3. Open to negotiation or bargaining.

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Noun

negotiable (plural negotiables)

  1. Something that is open to negotiation.
    • 2007 August 26, Joyce Cohen, “No Longer Boxed In”, in New York Times:
      “It is only once you start looking at houses that you realize what you do and don’t like, and what your negotiables and nonnegotiables are,” Ms. Wexler said.