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negotiable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /nɪˈɡəʊʃəbəl/ (UK)
  • /nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl/ (US)
  • /nɪˈɡəʉʃəbəl/ (Australia)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English negotiate Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English negotiable From negotiate + -able.

Meanings

  1. (of an obstacle, qualifier:route etc) Able to be traversed; navigable.
  2. Able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement, in exchange for money.
    • The court had to decide if a "telecheck" had been "signed" by the purported "drawer," and in doing so the court had to determine whether a "telecheck" is a negotiable instrument[…] 2003, Daniel V. Davidson, Brenda E. Knowles, Lynn M. Forsythe, Business law: principles and cases in the legal environment, page 498:
  3. Open to negotiation or bargaining.
    • Salary is negotiable, according to education and experience.

Forms

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most negotiable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more negotiable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

non-negotiable

Deriveds

negotiably · negotiable instrument · nonnegotiable · unnegotiable · negotiability · negotiableness

Translations (39)

gv yn-dellagh (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · fi siirtokelpoinen (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · hu leszámítható (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · gl negociable (open to negotiation or bargaining) · de verhandelbar (open to negotiation or bargaining) · ca practicable (able to be traversed) · es negociable (open to negotiation or bargaining) · fi neuvoteltavissa oleva (open to negotiation or bargaining) · hu megegyezés kérdése (open to negotiation or bargaining) · hu járható (able to be traversed) · fr négociable (open to negotiation or bargaining) · hu beváltható (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · fi kulkukelpoinen (able to be traversed) · it negoziabile (open to negotiation or bargaining) · de überwindbar (able to be traversed) · hu átruházható (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · hu bankképes (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · gv yn-dellagh (open to negotiation or bargaining) · pl negocjowalny (open to negotiation or bargaining) · gv so-hroailt (able to be traversed) · fi neuvoteltava (open to negotiation or bargaining) · de negoziabel (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · hu megvitatható (open to negotiation or bargaining) · ca negociable (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · gl negociábel (open to negotiation or bargaining) · pt negociável (open to negotiation or bargaining) · hu forgatható (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · hu alku tárgya (open to negotiation or bargaining) · ca negociable (open to negotiation or bargaining) · hu legyűrhető (able to be traversed) · de befahrbar (able to be traversed) · hu legyőzhető (able to be traversed) · hu leküzdhető (able to be traversed) · hu módosítható (open to negotiation or bargaining) · hu forgalomképes (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · sv förhandlingsbar (open to negotiation or bargaining) · hu eladható (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · hu értékesíthető (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement) · hu tőzsdeképes (able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement)

negotiable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /nɪˈɡəʊʃəbəl/ (UK)
  • /nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl/ (US)
  • /nɪˈɡəʉʃəbəl/ (Australia)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English negotiate Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English negotiable From negotiate + -able.

Meanings

  1. Something that is open to negotiation.
    • “It is only once you start looking at houses that you realize what you do and don’t like, and what your negotiables and nonnegotiables are,” Ms. Wexler said. 2007 August 26, Joyce Cohen, “No Longer Boxed In”, in The New York Times:

Forms

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negotiables Number=Plur lexicographic