Ne*go"ti*ate (?), v. i. [L. negotiatus, p.p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect.]
1.
To transact business; to carry on trade.
[Obs.]
Hammond.
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, or convention; 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.]
Bacon.
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Ne*go"ti*ate, v. t. [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.
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