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单词 negotiable
释义 ne·go·tia·ble
\nə̇ˈgōsh(ē)əbəl, nēˈ-\ adjective
Etymology: negotiate + -able
: that can be negotiated: as
 a. : that can be transferred or assigned from one person to another in return for equivalent value by being delivered either with endorsement (as of an instrument payable to order) or without endorsement (as of an instrument payable to bearer) so that the title passes to the transferee who is not prejudiced in his rights by any defect or flaw in the title of prior parties nor by personal defenses available to prior parties among themselves provided in both cases that the transferee is a bona fide holder without notice
  < bills of exchange, promissory notes, and checks that are payable to bearer or order are negotiable instruments, as are also, in some jurisdictions, some other instruments (as bonds, some forms of stock) >
  < negotiable paper >
  < negotiable securities >
 b.
  (1) : that can be successfully traversed
   < the road, normally negotiable by jeep — Herbert Passin >
   < a difficult but negotiable path through the forest >
   or gone up or down
   < a negotiable hill >
   or otherwise successfully managed
   < a sharp curve in the road that is negotiable if one goes slowly >
  (2) : that can be met and successfully dealt with : that does not pose insurmountable problems
   < familiar and negotiable situations — Anthony West >
  (3) : that can be arrived at : that can be done or accomplished or realized : attainable
   < thought that some kind of treaty was negotiable >
   < not readily negotiable by empirical method — V.C.Aldrich >
  (4) : that can be readily understood
   < disclose its fundamental motives in widely negotiable language — H.E.Clurman >
 c.
  (1) : that is utilizable in a practical way
   < the old rhetoric … is no longer negotiable — E.R.Bentley >
  (2) : that has characteristics favoring wide acceptance
   < have found a home where their ideas are negotiable — R.M.Weaver >
   < is negotiable to the widest possible public — W.L.Miller >
   : that has high commercial value
   < seems to be highly negotiable at the box office — Barbara B. Jamison >
 d. : that is open to discussion or question or dispute
  < criticism, which is public and negotiable — J.C.Ransom >
  < have declared that their claim … is not negotiableNew Republic >
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