Negotiations are formal discussions between people who have different aims or intentions, especially in business or politics, during which they try to reach an agreement.
We have had meaningful negotiations and I believe we are very close to a deal.
After 10 years of negotiation, the Senate ratified the strategic arms reduction treaty.
Synonyms: bargaining, debate, discussion, transaction More Synonyms of negotiation
More Synonyms of negotiation
negotiation in British English
(nɪˌɡəʊʃɪˈeɪʃən)
noun
1.
a discussion set up or intended to produce a settlement or agreement
2.
the act or process of negotiating
negotiation in American English
(nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃən; nɪˌgoʊsiˈeɪʃən)
noun
1.
a negotiating
2. [often pl.]
a conferring, discussing, or bargaining to reach agreement
Derived forms
negotiatory (neˈgotiaˌtory) (nɪˌgoʊʃiəˌtɔri ; often nɪˌgoʊsiəˌtɔri)
adjective
Word origin
L negotiatio
COBUILD Collocations
negotiation
begin negotiations
coalition negotiations
complex negotiations
conclude negotiations
conduct negotiations
intense negotiations
lengthy negotiations
pay negotiations
resume negotiations
secret negotiations
tense negotiations
tortuous negotiations
trade negotiations
Examples of 'negotiation' in a sentence
negotiation
These cannot be set out in full until the moment for negotiation has been reached.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Such agreements take negotiation, but they do occur.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Britain is not allowed to begin formal trade negotiations with any country until it has completed the process of leaving the EU.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
As we enter negotiations we are in a strong position, for the day we leave the EU we become its largest trading partner.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That was what we did the negotiations and the deal on.
The Sun (2014)
Then the serious business of negotiation begins.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Sharp negotiations to reach your goals will ensure people know exactly what you want.
The Sun (2015)
This is the basis of agreements and negotiations.
O'Connor, Joseph & Seymour, John Training with N.L.P. (1994)
Who in the government is happy to enter into such negotiations?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We should also exclude them from having any say in the settlement negotiations.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We urge both sides to return to meaningful negotiation.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Outside the hours of formal negotiation he used subtle tactics.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Instead a great deal of difficult negotiation ensued.
Jane Dunn ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (2003)
She has since been subject to other propositions in business negotiations.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The agreement follows negotiations with the trustees of the two funds.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
And all that really matters is treaty negotiations.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Qualified young women from the capital may enter into negotiations directly or through a representative.
Shubert, Adrian A Social History of Modern Spain (1991)
As negotiations failed to produce a deal he came under enormous political and popular pressure for stronger action.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Blackpool refused to put a figure on how much they wanted and would not enter any meaningful negotiations.
The Sun (2011)
So we will be taking some time to consider our objectives before we trigger that formal process of negotiation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Negotiations with suppliers produced savings of 600,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
negotiation
British English: negotiation NOUN
Negotiations are formal discussions between people who have different aims or intentions, especially in business or politics, during which they try to reach an agreement.
We have had meaningful negotiations and I believe we are very close to a deal.
American English: negotiation
Brazilian Portuguese: negociação
Chinese: > 谈判尤指商业或政治上的
European Spanish: negociación
French: négociation
German: Verhandlung
Italian: trattativa
Japanese: 交渉
Korean: 협상
European Portuguese: negociação
Latin American Spanish: negociación
Chinese translation of 'negotiation'
negotiation
(nɪɡəuʃɪˈeɪʃən)
n(u)
(= bargaining) 谈(談)判 (tánpàn)
Derived Forms
negotiationsn pl (= discussions) 洽谈(談) (qiàtán)
1 (noun)
We have had meaningful negotiations and I believe we are close to a deal.
Synonyms
bargaining
debate
There has been a lot of debate about this point.
discussion
There was a discussion about the wording of the report.
transaction
dialogue
He wants to open a dialogue with the protesters.
mediation
They could reach a compromise through the mediation of a third party.
arbitration
wheeling and dealing (informal)
2 (noun)
They intend to take no part in the negotiation of a new treaty of union.
Synonyms
arrangement
The caves can be visited only by prior arrangement.
management
settlement
Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.
working out
transaction
plans to disclose their latest business transaction
bringing about
Additional synonyms
in the sense of debate
Definition
a discussion
There has been a lot of debate about this point.
Synonyms
discussion,
talk,
argument,
dispute,
analysis,
conversation,
consideration,
controversy,
dialogue,
contention,
deliberation,
polemic,
altercation,
disputation
in the sense of dialogue
Definition
a discussion between representatives of two nations or groups
He wants to open a dialogue with the protesters.
Synonyms
discussion,
talks,
conference,
negotiations,
exchange,
debate,
chat,
confabulation (formal),
interlocution
in the sense of discussion
There was a discussion about the wording of the report.
Synonyms
talk,
debate,
argument,
conference,
exchange,
review,
conversation,
consideration,
dialogue,
consultation,
seminar,
discourse,
deliberation,
symposium,
colloquy (formal),
confabulation,
korero (New Zealand)
Synonyms of 'negotiation'
negotiation
Explore 'negotiation' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of mediation
They could reach a compromise through the mediation of a third party.
Synonyms
arbitration,
intervention,
reconciliation,
conciliation,
good offices,
intercession,
interposition
in the sense of settlement
Definition
an official agreement ending a dispute
Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.
Synonyms
agreement,
arrangement,
resolution,
working out,
conclusion,
establishment,
adjustment,
confirmation,
completion,
disposition,
termination
in the sense of transaction
Definition
something that is transacted, esp. a business deal
plans to disclose their latest business transaction