Negotiation
[nɪgəʊʃɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n] or [nɪ,ɡoʃɪ'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms.
(noun.) a discussion intended to produce an agreement; 'the buyout negotiation lasted several days'; 'they disagreed but kept an open dialogue'; 'talks between Israelis and Palestinians'.
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Definition
(n.) The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc.
(n.) Hence, mercantile business; trading.
(n.) The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making treaties, composing difference, etc.; as, the negotiations at Ghent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Transaction.
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Examples
- Even this arrangement was not effected without considerable negotiation, for Mme. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The end of the negotiation was, that she bought the property on tolerably easy terms, and Traddles was transported with pleasure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Miss Skiffins's brother conducted the negotiation. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In the latter end of 1776, Dr. Franklin was appointed to assist at the negotiation which had been set on foot by Silas Deane, at the court of France. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Soon after a white flag was received, requesting a suspension of hostilities pending negotiations for a surrender. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The company was soon swamped with propositions for sale of territorial rights and with other negotiations, and some of these were accompanied by the offer of very large sums of money. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Here news was received of the negotiations for the surrender of Johnston's army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Dreyer asked Goebel to produce an old lamp, and was especially anxious to find one pending his negotiations with the Edison Company for the sale of Goebel's inventions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr Boffin seemed a little less patient at this point than at any other of the negotiations. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He is blamed, and it would seem that he is rightly blamed, for conducting the war and the ensuing peace negotiations on strictly party lines. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We should not have troubled you, only that our friend who speaks Greek and who began these negotiations has been forced to return to the East. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- A temporary government, however, was soon established at Queretaro, and Trist began negotiations for a conclusion of the war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The circumstance was overlooked and negotiations continued. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The two men met, and, after some negotiations, formed a partnership. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Before all had arrived, the Bell company there, seeing we could not be stopped, entered into negotiations for consolidation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was with these observations as a basis that I opened my negotiations with him upon his next subsequent visit. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Before the battle of Zama there were a brief truce and negotiations, which broke down through the fault of the Carthaginians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This soon led to a request from France that we should withdraw our troops from the Rio Grande and to negotiations for the withdrawal of theirs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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