negotiable

English

Etymology

From negotiate +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /nɪˈɡəʊʃəbəl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /nɪˈɡəʉʃəbəl/

Adjective

negotiable (comparative more negotiable, superlative most negotiable)

  1. (of an obstacle, route etc) Able to be traversed; navigable.
  2. (law, finance) Able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement, in exchange for money.
    • 2003, Daniel V. Davidson, Brenda E. Knowles, Lynn M. Forsythe, Business law: principles and cases in the legal environment, page 498:
      The court had to decide if a "telecheck" had been "signed" by the purported "drawer," and in doing so the court had to determine whether a "telecheck" is a negotiable instrument []
  3. Open to negotiation or bargaining.
    Salary is negotiable, according to education and experience.

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Noun

negotiable (plural negotiables)

  1. Something that is open to negotiation.
    • 2007 August 26, Joyce Cohen, “No Longer Boxed In”, in The New York Times[1]:
      “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.