資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Negotiate \Ne*go"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Negotiated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Negotiating}.]
   1. To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange
      for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an
      exchange.

            Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the
            Archipelago . . . the most indispensable supplies.
                                                  --Gibbon.

   2. To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of
      commercial law; to sell; to pass.

            The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual
            course of business or trade.          --Kent.