negotiation

== English == === Alternative forms === negociation (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”); see negotiate. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /nɪˌɡəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /nɪˌɡoʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /nəˌɡoʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ Hyphenation: ne‧go‧ti‧a‧tion Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === negotiation (countable and uncountable, plural negotiations) The process of achieving agreement through discussion. ==== Hyponyms ==== content negotiation (Web) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Further reading === “negotiation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “negotiation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. negotiation in The Negotiation Experts, 1996