negotiation
pronunciation
How to pronounce negotiation in British English:
UK [nɪˌgəʊʃiˈeɪʃn]
How to pronounce negotiation in American English:
US [nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a discussion intended to produce an agreement
- the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms
Word Origin
- negotiation (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French negociacion "business, trade," and directly from Latin negotiationem (nominative negotiatio) "business, traffic," noun of action from past participle stem of negotiari "carry on business, do business, act as a banker," from negotium "a business, employment, occupation, affair (public or private)," also "difficulty, pains, trouble, labor," literally "lack of leisure," from neg- "not" (see deny) + otium "ease, leisure." The sense expansion from "doing business" to also include "bargaining" about anything took place in Latin.
Example
- 1. What changed her mind was a course on negotiation .
- 2. And even then it will require fraught negotiation .
- 3. The newly democratic congress is talking about cutting drug costs through direct government negotiation with firms .
- 4. A free-trade agreement is under negotiation .
- 5. That still leaves much room for negotiation .