negotiation.

1. Discussion aimed at reaching an agreement between people with different interests.

2. The act of finding a way through an obstacle or difficult situation.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• contract negotiation
• prolonged negotiation

On the page

Prolonged negotiation produced a compromise neither side had expected.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular negotiation; plural negotiations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: moderately common.