renegotiate
verb
re·ne·go·ti·ate
ˌrē-ni-ˈgō-shē-ˌāt 
renegotiated; renegotiating; renegotiates
: to negotiate again (as to adjust interest rates or repayments or to get more money)
renegotiate a loan
renegotiate a contract
Examples of renegotiate in a Sentence
The deal is done. I won't renegotiate.
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Democrats are pushing for GOP leaders to separate the other five funding measures from the DHS bill, arguing that the broader funding package should receive widespread support, while the DHS bill could be renegotiated.
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Yet Senate Democrats have promised to derail its passage ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline unless the DHS portion is renegotiated.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 Jan. 2026
Key Background Senate Democratic leaders said the caucus will vote against all six appropriations bills that need to pass by Saturday unless DHS funding is stripped from the package and renegotiated.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
In explaining his ruling to halt the stop-work order, Murphy said Vineyard Wind’s potential economic losses, from defaulting on billions of dollars of construction financing to having to renegotiate power purchase agreements, can’t be remedied later.
—Mark Chediak, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Yet Senate Democrats have promised to derail its passage ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline unless the DHS portion is renegotiated.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 Jan. 2026
Key Background Senate Democratic leaders said the caucus will vote against all six appropriations bills that need to pass by Saturday unless DHS funding is stripped from the package and renegotiated.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
In explaining his ruling to halt the stop-work order, Murphy said Vineyard Wind’s potential economic losses, from defaulting on billions of dollars of construction financing to having to renegotiate power purchase agreements, can’t be remedied later.
—Mark Chediak, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
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renegotiate
transitive verb
re·ne·go·ti·ate
ˌrē-ni-ˈgō-shē-ˌāt
: to negotiate again (as for more money or to adjust interest rates or repayments)
specifically
: to determine under statutory procedure the existence and amount of excess profits on (a government contract) in order to eliminate or obtain a refund of such profits
: to negotiate again
specifically
: to adjust a government project price in order to eliminate or recover excessive profits
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