Definition of Negotiate

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Negotiate

To transact business; to carry on trade.

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.

To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.

To intrigue; to scheme.

To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange.

To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.

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Negotiate Quotations

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
John F. Kennedy

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.
William Shakespeare

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
Nelson Mandela

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
Jesse Jackson

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
Moliere

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
Harold Wilson

It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives.
Leigh Steinberg

Can any of us even imagine, after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt suggesting we negotiate a resolution or that we could simply prosecute those involved? Of course it is unimaginable. We are right to be in the Middle East, and we are right to treat this as the war it is.
Marsha Blackburn

We tried our best for the longest time to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the matter, and at each step, we were thwarted by those that said, No, we will not turn the boy over to his father.
Janet Reno

When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate.
Marc Maron

Negotiate Translations

negotiate in Danish is handle
negotiate in Dutch is handelen, handeldrijven, zaken doen
negotiate in German is handeln, verhandeln, verhandeln
negotiate in Portuguese is negocie
negotiate in Spanish is negociar

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