negotiation
The process of achieving agreement through discussionThe process of achieving agreement through discussion.
» The negotiations have ended.
Die Verhandlungen sind vorbei.
Переговоры окончились.
Переговоры закончились.
Переговори закінчилися.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The process of achieving agreement through discussion.
The specifics of the contract are still under negotiation.
The two parties entered into negotiations about the merger.
Verhandlung
перегово́рыperegovóry
перегово́риperehovóry, перемо́виperemóvy, перемо́виниperemóvyny
a discussion intended to produce an agreement
Examples
148 sentencesThe negotiations have ended.
Переговори закінчилися.
ruПереговоры окончились.
deDie Verhandlungen sind vorbei.
The negotiation was successful.
Перемови були успішними.
ruПереговоры прошли успешно.
We're not finished with negotiations.
Ми ще не закінчили з переговорами.
ruМы еще не закончили с переговорами.
deWir haben die Verhandlungen noch nicht abgeschlossen.
We continued negotiations with the company.
It was a very delicate negotiation.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of busBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: negotiationsSynonyms
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12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable