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Negotiation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Negotiation : (noun)
1: 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" [syn: dialogue, talks]
2: the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming
to terms
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Negotiation : \Ne*go`ti*a"tion\, n. [L. negotiatio: cf. F.
n['e]gociation.]
1. The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another
respecting sale or purchase. etc.
2. Hence, mercantile business; trading. [Obs.]
Who had lost, with these prizes, forty thousand
pounds, after twenty years' negotiation in the East
Indies. --Evelyn.
3. 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.
An important negotiation with foreign powers.
--Macaulay.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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NEGOTIATION, merc. law. The act by which a bill of exchange or promissory
note is put into circulation by being passed by one of the original parties
to another person.
2. Until an accommodation bill or note has been negotiated, there is no
contract which can be enforced on the note: the contract, either express or
implied, that the party accommodated will indemnify the other, is, till
then, conditional. 2 Man. & Gr. 911.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Negotiation |
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