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negotiate v. 1 deal, bargain, dicker, haggle, chaffer, palter; discuss,
debate, mediate, consult, parley, speak, talk, transact, come to
terms: A conglomerate is negotiating to buy our company. The
company asked me to negotiate on our behalf. 2 arrange (for),
organize, orchestrate, conduct, handle, manoeuvre, manage,
engineer, work out, settle, get, obtain, bring off or about,
carry off, accomplish, do, execute, effect, complete, conclude,
Colloq pull off: Will you be able to negotiate a loan for the
car? 3 manoeuvre, clear, get through or past or round or over,
pass, cross, Colloq make (it (through or past or round or
over)): Will you be able to negotiate the barbed-wire fence?
negotiation
n. 1 discussion, mediation, arbitration, bargaining, parley,
parleying, talk, coming to terms: The disarmament negotiations
have dragged on for years. 2 deal, bargain, transaction,
agreement, arrangement, understanding, determination, decision,
settlement; contract, pact, compact, covenant, concordat,
treaty: All parties seem pleased with the final negotiation.
negotiator
n. arbitrator, arbiter, mediator, moderator, diplomat,
ambassador, go-between, middleman, intercessor, interceder,
intervener, agent, broker: An independent negotiator was
invited to the bargaining table with the union and management
representatives.
neighbourhood
n. 1 locality, area, region, vicinity, vicinage, environs,
quarter, district, precinct(s), purlieus, locale; surroundings,
confines: Houses in the neighbourhood of the blast were
levelled. 2 in the neighbourhood of. approximately, about,
around, nearly, practically, close to, almost, more or less,
Colloq in the ballpark of, in the region of, Brit getting on
for, not far off, US within an eyelash of, Slang as near as
dammit to: The playground will cost in the neighbourhood of
œ5,000.
neighbouring
adj. nearby, near, around, adjacent (to), surrounding,
adjoining, contiguous (to), touching, bordering (on), next (to),
nearest: Owners of properties neighbouring the nuclear power
plant worry about radiation. The neighbouring villages will