negotiation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a discussion intended to produce an agreement

   the buyout negotiation lasted several days

2. 2
   noun

   The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

   The specifics of the contract are still under negotiation.

3. 3
   noun

   the activity or business of negotiating an agreement

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”). By surface analysis, negotiate + -ion.