Negotiate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To transact business; to carry on trade.

II. Negotiate ·vi To Intrigue; to Scheme.

III. Negotiate ·vt To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to Sell; to Pass.

IV. Negotiate ·vt To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an Exchange.

V. Negotiate ·vi To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.

VI. Negotiate ·vi 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.

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