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negotiate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/nəˈgōSHēˌāt/,
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negotiates, 3rd person singular present; negotiated, past participle; negotiated, past tense; negotiating, present participle;
  1. Try to reach an agreement or compromise by discussion with others
    • - his government's willingness to negotiate
  2. Obtain or bring about by negotiating
    • - he negotiated a new contract with the sellers
  3. Find a way over or through (an obstacle or difficult path)
    • - there was a puddle to be negotiated
  4. Transfer (a check, bill, or other document) to the legal ownership of another person

  5. Convert (a check) into cash


  1. negociate: discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house"
  2. succeed in passing through, around, or over; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass"
  3. (negotiation) 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"
  4. (negotiation) the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms
  5. (Negotiation (30 Rock episode)) 30 Rock, a situation comedy television series, premiered on October 11, 2006 in the United States on NBC. ...
  6. (Negotiation (BDSM)) In the BDSM community, negotiation is a form of communication where participants make arrangements on each others' requirements, responsibilities, and limits to find the best possible agreement.
  7. (Negotiations) Negotiation is a dialogue intended to resolve disputes, to produce an agreement upon courses of action, to bargain for individual or collective advantage, or to craft outcomes to satisfy various interests. It is the primary method of alternative dispute resolution.
  8. (Negotiations (album)) Free Agents is a loosely knit group of "rap comrades" who came together to make a statement about independence and ownership in a turbulent time in the music industry. The group consists of Jay Tee, B-12 & Young Dru and their first album Negotiations was released in 2002. ...
  9. (The negotiation) "The Negotiation" (also referred to as "Labor Negotiation") is the nineteenth episode of the third season of the U.S. version of The Office, aired on April 5, 2007 on NBC. It is the second "super-sized" episode of the third season. ...
  10. To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement; To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement; To succeed in coping with, or getting over something
  11. The negotiated view on our media product can be varied. Many people may have a negotiated view of our videos representation of gender. For example many men may see the cowgirls as an objectified and a sexual image. ...
  12. (Negotiating) Conversation between Doug Bird and the author on October 1, 1986 at the Long Beach coin show, with the coin at the center of the negotiation being an EF 1794 large cent. I was asking $1350 and Doug wanted to pay $1250. The final price, for obvious reasons, was $1300. ...
  13. (Negotiating) The art of persuading your opponent to take the nice shiny copper penny and give you the wrinkled old paper money.
  14. (Negotiating) To bargain for a lower price.
  15. (Negotiation) When two parties discuss what they want in order to reach an agreement.
  16. (Negotiation) Contracting through the use of either competitive or other–than–competitive proposals and discussions. Any contract awarded without using sealed bidding procedures is a negotiated contract.
  17. (Negotiation) The transaction of business aimed at reaching a meeting of minds among the parties; bargaining.
  18. Negotiation is bargaining--it is the process of discussion and give-and-take between two or more disputants who seek to find a solution to a common problem. ...
  19. (Negotiation) Discussion, written or otherwise, between two or more parties of different sides, the aim being to reach a common agreement.
  20. (Negotiation) In the purchasing context, negotiation is an exploratory and bargaining process (planning, reviewing, analyzing, compromising) involving a buyer and seller, each with their own objectives, seeking to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement on the phases of a procurement transaction ...
  21. (Negotiation) A process of communication between two parties to agree on the terms and conditions of a settlement.
  22. (negotiation) a discussion with the aim of resolving a difference of opinion, or dispute, or to settle the terms of an agreement or transaction.
  23. (Negotiation) Make an offer and we will attempt to negotiate a concluded contract between the parties.
  24. (Negotiation) A process in which two or more parties discuss their needs and interests in order to resolve a conflict.
  25. (Negotiation) When two or more parties in a dispute discuss a problem intending to find a solution that is acceptable to all, they are negotiating. ...