Definition of negotiate

• v. i. - To transact business; to carry on trade.
• v. i. - 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.
• v. i. - To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.
• v. i. - To intrigue; to scheme.
• v. t. - To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange.
• v. t. - To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.