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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Couples often have to renegotiate shared relationships — who gets which friends, how to attend events separately and how to explain the split to others.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
While refusing to budge on the steel, aluminum, energy, and auto parts tariffs, Trump did signal an openness to renegotiate some details of the 2020 US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement.
—Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 11 May 2025
That process began on May 18, 2017, when Trump's trade representative formally notified Congress of the administration's intent to renegotiate the deal.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Later, in private, during a working lunch, Carney would work on setting an agenda to renegotiate the trade relationship and, hopefully, take steps toward reducing the number or rate of tariffs.
—David Moscrop, Time, 8 May 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
While refusing to budge on the steel, aluminum, energy, and auto parts tariffs, Trump did signal an openness to renegotiate some details of the 2020 US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement.
—Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 11 May 2025
That process began on May 18, 2017, when Trump's trade representative formally notified Congress of the administration's intent to renegotiate the deal.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Later, in private, during a working lunch, Carney would work on setting an agenda to renegotiate the trade relationship and, hopefully, take steps toward reducing the number or rate of tariffs.
—David Moscrop, Time, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for renegotiate
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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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