negotiate
negotiate
verbDefinition of NEGOTIATE
1
to bring about through discussion and compromise <wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer>
2
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently <she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers>
Synonyms address, contend (with), cope (with), field, grapple (with), hack, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, play, swing, take, treat
3
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care <the prisoners negotiated their escape by using Morse code to tap messages to each other through the walls>
Synonyms contrive, finagle, finesse, frame, machinate, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, wangle
4
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase <told them I'd take $8,000 for the car and wasn't in the mood to negotiate>
5
to carry through (as a process) to completion <scores of experiments later, the chemists managed to negotiate the development of a more durable polymer>
Synonyms accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, commit, compass, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perpetrate, prosecute, pull off, put through
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