Negotiate — Defs

01 v. i. To transact business; to carry on trade.

1.
To transact business; to carry on trade.[Obs.]
2.
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.
3.
To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, convention, or other proposed agreement; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.
“He that negotiates between God and man Is God's ambassador.” — Cowper.
4.
To intrigue; to scheme.[Obs.]

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

imp. & p. p. Negotiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Negotiating

1.
To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange.
“Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago . . . the most indispensable supplies.” — Gibbon.
2.
To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.
“The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade.” — Kent.