negotiable

English

Etymology

From negotiate +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɪˈɡəʊʃəbəl/

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• (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.

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)

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.