negotiating

5 definitions • 5 examples

present participle of

to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement with them:

The government has refused to negotiate with the strikers.

I'm negotiating for a new contract.

I've managed to negotiate (= get by discussion) a five percent pay increase with my boss.

to manage to travel along a difficult route:

The only way to negotiate the muddy hillside is on foot.

to deal with something difficult:

The company's had some tricky problems to negotiate in its first year in business.

to get or give an amount of money in exchange for a financial document of the same value