Negotiate
verb
To discuss something with someone to reach an agreement.
The company refused to negotiate with the union.
Often appears as...
- negotiate a deal
- negotiate a treaty
verb
To move in a clever way around something or someone that could cause problems for you.
He managed to negotiate his way through the crowd.
Often appears as...
- negotiate through traffic
- negotiate over obstacles
verb
To arrange for something to happen after discussions.
They negotiated a new contract.
Often appears as...
- negotiate an agreement
- negotiate a contract
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Approving
Technical
verb
To successfully get past or through a difficult part or period.
We had several difficulties to negotiate before we could set up the project.
Often appears as...
- negotiate a problem
- negotiate a difficulty
verb
To discuss something with someone to reach an agreement.
The company refused to negotiate with the union.
Often appears as...
- negotiate a deal
- negotiate a treaty
verb
To move in a clever way around something or someone that could cause problems for you.
He managed to negotiate his way through the crowd.
Often appears as...
- negotiate through traffic
- negotiate over obstacles
verb
To arrange for something to happen after discussions.
They negotiated a new contract.
Often appears as...
- negotiate an agreement
- negotiate a contract
Usage tips
Approving
Technical
verb
To successfully get past or through a difficult part or period.
We had several difficulties to negotiate before we could set up the project.
Often appears as...
- negotiate a problem
- negotiate a difficulty
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Discussion Flow
Negotiating implies a back-and-forth exchange, often to find a middle ground.
We need to negotiate our terms carefully to benefit both parties.
Pro Tip 2/3Power Dynamics
The ability to negotiate can depend on the balance of power between parties.
As a new employee, she found it hard to negotiate her salary.
Pro Tip 3/3Resolution Goal
The main goal of negotiating is to resolve differences and reach an agreement.
We negotiated all night to resolve the conflict.
Pro Tip 1/3Discussion Flow
Negotiating implies a back-and-forth exchange, often to find a middle ground.
We need to negotiate our terms carefully to benefit both parties.
Pro Tip 2/3Power Dynamics
The ability to negotiate can depend on the balance of power between parties.
As a new employee, she found it hard to negotiate her salary.
Pro Tip 3/3Resolution Goal
The main goal of negotiating is to resolve differences and reach an agreement.
We negotiated all night to resolve the conflict.
Pro Tip 1/3Discussion Flow
Negotiating implies a back-and-forth exchange, often to find a middle ground.
We need to negotiate our terms carefully to benefit both parties.
Pro Tip 2/3Power Dynamics
The ability to negotiate can depend on the balance of power between parties.
As a new employee, she found it hard to negotiate her salary.
Pro Tip 3/3Resolution Goal
The main goal of negotiating is to resolve differences and reach an agreement.
We negotiated all night to resolve the conflict.
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Your body language may...
can lead you to claim more value from that negotiation. If you use them poorly, bad idea. Right? So when we think of nonverbals, we think of how we judge others, how they judge us and what the outcomes are. We tend to forget, though, the other audience that's influenced by our nonverbals, and that's ourselves.
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Does grammar matter? -...
Descriptivism, on the other hand, gives us insight into how our minds work and the instinctive ways in which we structure our view of the world. Ultimately, grammar is best thought of as a set of linguistic habits that are constantly being negotiated and reinvented by the entire group of language users.
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Michael McDaniel: Cheap,...
was bent over backwards to help us with anything we needed. So now we had a hangar space to work in, and prototypes to demo with. So in one year, we've negotiated manufacturing agreements, been awarded one patent, filed our second patent, talked to multiple people, demoed this to FEMA
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Defying stereotypes: the...
vision she had a teacher who was an agent of this change and that teacher negotiated with my grandfather couldn't really believe in educating girls all that much the teacher went to her father and said if it's a issue of money I'm gonna found her education she should
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The walk from "no" to...
you will ever regret. And so the third side reminds us of that. The third side helps us go to the balcony, which is a metaphor for a place of perspective, where we can keep our eyes on the prize. Let me tell you a little story from my own negotiating experience.
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Saving a Pangolin's Life...
this is a guy who's taking an opportunity he probably just wants some extra money for his family maybe even a good thing to put his kids in school who knows and he thinks that this is a way to do it after a tense four hour negotiation maria leaves
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
how to negotiate a late-night police raid, how and where to hide. I want you to imagine for a second what Chuck and Tim's lives would be like if they were living in a neighborhood where kids were going to college, not prison.
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Why we have too few...
are negotiating their first salary, and only seven percent of women. And most importantly, men attribute their success to themselves, and women attribute it to other external factors. If you ask men why they did a good job,
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Go Inside an Antarctic...
had a few mouths full the adults need to go back to the ocean and start again if only it were as easy as that they must negotiate a long line of pecky adults protecting their eggs
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Depression, the secret...
"And you are a news magazine." So after a certain amount of negotiation, they agreed to it. But I think a lot of what they said was connected in some strange way
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Your body language may...
can lead you to claim more value from that negotiation. If you use them poorly, bad idea. Right? So when we think of nonverbals, we think of how we judge others, how they judge us and what the outcomes are. We tend to forget, though, the other audience that's influenced by our nonverbals, and that's ourselves.
Video examples
Does grammar matter? -...
Descriptivism, on the other hand, gives us insight into how our minds work and the instinctive ways in which we structure our view of the world. Ultimately, grammar is best thought of as a set of linguistic habits that are constantly being negotiated and reinvented by the entire group of language users.
Video examples
Michael McDaniel: Cheap,...
was bent over backwards to help us with anything we needed. So now we had a hangar space to work in, and prototypes to demo with. So in one year, we've negotiated manufacturing agreements, been awarded one patent, filed our second patent, talked to multiple people, demoed this to FEMA
Video examples
Defying stereotypes: the...
vision she had a teacher who was an agent of this change and that teacher negotiated with my grandfather couldn't really believe in educating girls all that much the teacher went to her father and said if it's a issue of money I'm gonna found her education she should
Video examples
The walk from "no" to...
you will ever regret. And so the third side reminds us of that. The third side helps us go to the balcony, which is a metaphor for a place of perspective, where we can keep our eyes on the prize. Let me tell you a little story from my own negotiating experience.
Video examples
Saving a Pangolin's Life...
this is a guy who's taking an opportunity he probably just wants some extra money for his family maybe even a good thing to put his kids in school who knows and he thinks that this is a way to do it after a tense four hour negotiation maria leaves
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
how to negotiate a late-night police raid, how and where to hide. I want you to imagine for a second what Chuck and Tim's lives would be like if they were living in a neighborhood where kids were going to college, not prison.
Video examples
Why we have too few...
are negotiating their first salary, and only seven percent of women. And most importantly, men attribute their success to themselves, and women attribute it to other external factors. If you ask men why they did a good job,
Video examples
Go Inside an Antarctic...
had a few mouths full the adults need to go back to the ocean and start again if only it were as easy as that they must negotiate a long line of pecky adults protecting their eggs
Video examples
Depression, the secret...
"And you are a news magazine." So after a certain amount of negotiation, they agreed to it. But I think a lot of what they said was connected in some strange way
Example 1 of 10
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Henry Mintzberg
Canadian Businessman
Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions directly. They fight fires. They manage projects. They negotiate contracts.
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Pope John Paul II
Polish Saint
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.
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Yul Vazquez
Cuban Actor
When I was a child it was very clear what I was allowed to see and what I was not allowed to see and there was no discussion or option or negotiation. Whatever my mom said, that's what went down.
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Judith McKenna
American Businesswoman
It's a very big world with some very big characters. And, boy, do you have to be able to stand up for yourself when you walk into a working men's club and negotiate a loan.
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Judy Sheindlin
American Lawyer
When I go on vacation, I leave my house in total order: bills paid, garbage out, no milk in the refrigerator, mail done so that I can better negotiate what will await me.
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Harri Holkeri
Finnish Politician
If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.
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Gina McKee
English Actor
There's a way of negotiating how you portray your private life publicly that I've never had the skill to do.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.
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Jan Schakowsky
American Politician
I support negotiating authority to lower prescription drug prices.
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Leader
You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.
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Henry Mintzberg
Canadian Businessman
Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions directly. They fight fires. They manage projects. They negotiate contracts.
Quote examples
Pope John Paul II
Polish Saint
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.
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Yul Vazquez
Cuban Actor
When I was a child it was very clear what I was allowed to see and what I was not allowed to see and there was no discussion or option or negotiation. Whatever my mom said, that's what went down.
Quote examples
Judith McKenna
American Businesswoman
It's a very big world with some very big characters. And, boy, do you have to be able to stand up for yourself when you walk into a working men's club and negotiate a loan.
Quote examples
Judy Sheindlin
American Lawyer
When I go on vacation, I leave my house in total order: bills paid, garbage out, no milk in the refrigerator, mail done so that I can better negotiate what will await me.
Quote examples
Harri Holkeri
Finnish Politician
If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.
Quote examples
Gina McKee
English Actor
There's a way of negotiating how you portray your private life publicly that I've never had the skill to do.
Quote examples
Meryl Streep
American Actress
There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.
Quote examples
Jan Schakowsky
American Politician
I support negotiating authority to lower prescription drug prices.
Quote examples
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Leader
You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.
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