nonnegotiable

See also: non-negotiable

English

Alternative forms

• non-negotiable

Etymology

From non- +‎ negotiable.

Adjective

nonnegotiable (not comparable)

1. Not negotiable; not subject to negotiation.
   • 2007 December 16, Bob Shacochis, “Here Comes the Bride”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     For the hypermaterialistic and chronically adolescent Nancy, what was nonnegotiable was control, the power to sculpture her world to gratify her ever-sharpening appetites and desires.

   1. (of prices or values) Not subject to bargaining or haggling.
   2. (of a legal instrument) Not redeemable for money or other assets.

Translations

not subject to negotiation

• Afrikaans: onverhandelbaar
• Catalan: innegociable
• Finnish: ehdoton (fi), ei neuvoteltavissa
• Galician: innegociable (gl)
• German: nicht verhandelbar
• Portuguese: inegociável
• Spanish: innegociable
• Swedish: icke förhandlingsbar

Noun

nonnegotiable (plural nonnegotiables)

1. Something that is not negotiable.

   Synonym: sine qua non

   Near-synonym: deal breaker

   • 2007 August 26, Joyce Cohen, “No Longer Boxed In”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     “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.