negotiation
//nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- negotiations
Definitions
1.The process of achieving agreement through discussion.
- The specifics of the contract are still under negotiation.
- The two parties entered into negotiations about the merger.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2702
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”).
By surface analysis, negotiate + -ion.