negotiable

English

Etymology

negotiate +‎ -able

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /nɪˈɡəʊʃəbəl/
(US) IPA^(key): /nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /nɪˈɡəʉʃəbəl/

Adjective

negotiable (comparative more negotiable, superlative most negotiable)

(of an obstacle, route etc) Able to be traversed; navigable.
(law, finance) Able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement, in exchange for money.
Open to negotiation or bargaining.
Salary is negotiable, according to education and experience.

Antonyms

non-negotiable

Derived terms

negotiable instrument

Translations

able to be traversed

Catalan: practicable (ca)
Finnish: kulkukelpoinen
German: überwindbar (de) (of an obstacle), befahrbar (de) (of a road, railroad line, etc.), gangbar (de) (of a path; also literally)
Hungarian: (road) járható (hu), (obstacle) legyőzhető (hu), legyűrhető, leküzdhető (hu)
Manx: so-hroailt

able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement

Catalan: negociable
Finnish: siirtokelpoinen
German: negoziabel (de)
Hungarian: átruházható (hu), forgatható (hu), beváltható (hu), leszámítható, forgalomképes (hu), bankképes (hu), tőzsdeképes, eladható (hu), értékesíthető (hu)
Manx: yn-dellagh

open to negotiation or bargaining

Catalan: negociable
Finnish: neuvoteltava, neuvoteltavissa oleva
French: négociable (fr)
Galician: negociable (gl), negociábel (gl)
German: verhandelbar (de)
Hungarian: megegyezés kérdése, alku tárgya, megvitatható, módosítható (hu)
Italian: negoziabile (it)
Manx: yn-dellagh
Polish: negocjowalny (pl)
Portuguese: negociável
Spanish: negociable (es)
Swedish: förhandlingsbar

Noun

negotiable (plural negotiables)

Something that is open to negotiation.
- 2007 August 26, Joyce Cohen, “No Longer Boxed In”, in New York Times‎:
  “It is only once you start looking at houses that you realize what you do and don’t like, and what your negotiables and nonnegotiables are,” Ms. Wexler said.

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