NEGOTIATE

negotiate|negociate. Negotiate, or Negociate, v.t. to traffic, trade, treat with, transact, make, manage

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Ne‐go″ti‐ate (?), v. i. [[L. negotiatus, p. p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect.]] 1. 1. To transact business; to carry on trade. Hammond.
2. 2. To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm.
3. 3. To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.
He that negotiates between God and man Is God's ambassador. Cowper. 4. 4. To intrigue; to scheme. Bacon.