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Webster 1913 Edition

Negotiate

Ne-go′ti-ate

,
Verb.
I.
[L.
negotiatus
, p. p. of
negotiari
, fr.
negotium
business;
nec
not +
otium
leisure. Cf.
Neglect
.]
1.
To transact business; to carry on trade.
[Obs.]
Hammond.
2.
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
.
3.
To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, convention, or other proposed agreement; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.
He that
negotiates
between God and man
Is God’s ambassador.
Cowper.
4.
To intrigue; to scheme.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

Ne-go′ti-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Negotiated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Negotiating
.]
1.
To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation;
as, to
negotiate
peace, or an exchange
.
Constantinople had
negotiated
in the isles of the Archipelago . . . the most indispensable supplies.
Gibbon.
2.
To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.
The notes were not
negotiated
to them in the usual course of business or trade.
Kent.

Webster 1828 Edition

Negotiate

NEGOTIATE

,
Verb.
I.
[ L. An errand, business; to go on errands, to negotiate.]
1.
To transact business; to treat with another respecting purchase and sale; to hold intercourse in bargaining or trade, either in person or by a broker or substitute; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm.
2.
To hold intercourse with another respecting a treaty, league or convention; to treat with respecting peace or commerce.
It is a crime for an embassador to betray his prince for whom he should negotiate.

NEGOTIATE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To procure by mutual intercourse and agreement with another; as, to negotiate a loan of money.
Ship brokers and interpreters negotiate affreightments.
2.
To procure, make or establish by mutual intercourse and agreement with others. Mr. Jay negotiated a treaty with the British ministry in 1794.
3.
To sell; to pass; to transfer for a valuable consideration; as, to negotiate a bill of exchange.
The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade.

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