Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NE-GO'TIATE, v.t. [nego'shate.]

1. To procure by mutual intercourse and agreement with another; as, to negotiate a loan of money. Ship brokers arid interpreters negotiate affreightments. Walsh.
2. To procure, make or establish by mutual intercourse and agreement with others. Mr. Jay negotiated a treaty with the British ministry in 1794.
3. To sell; to pass; to transfer for a valuable consideration; as, to negotiate a bill of exchange. The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade. Kent.