negotiate synonyms

negotiate

v.

  1. To make arrangements for

    arrange, bargain, confer, consult, parley, transact, mediate, make peace, contract, settle, adjust, conciliate, concert, accommodate, bring to terms, make terms, make the best of, treat with, moderate, umpire, referee, work out, dicker*, haggle*, bury the hatchet*; see also arbitrate.

  2. To transfer

    barter, allocate, transmit; see assign 1, sell 1.

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