Definition of "negotiate" []

• To confer with another or others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement: "It is difficult to negotiate where neither will trust” ( Samuel Johnson). (verb-intransitive)
• To arrange or settle by discussion and mutual agreement: negotiate a contract. (verb-transitive)
• To transfer title to or ownership of (a promissory note, for example) to another party by delivery or by delivery and endorsement in return for value received. (verb-transitive)
• To sell or discount (assets or securities, for example). (verb-transitive)
• To succeed in going over or coping with: negotiate a sharp curve. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "QUESTION: You keep using the term negotiate just like the Maersk Company did."
• "But these talks are being put in jeopardy by the crude and naive tactics of Government ministers who don't seem to understand the word negotiate."
• "One of the obstacles that Kate simply cannot negotiate is her own pride."