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NEGOTIABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does negotiable mean? 

NEGOTIABLE (adjective)
  The adjective NEGOTIABLE has 3 senses:

1. capable of being passed or negotiatedplay

2. able to be negotiated or arranged by compromiseplay

3. legally transferable to the ownership of anotherplay

  Familiarity information: NEGOTIABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEGOTIABLE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being passed or negotiated

Context example:

a negotiable road

Similar:

passable (able to be passed or traversed or crossed)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise

Synonyms:

negotiable; on the table

Context example:

the proposal is still on the table

Similar:

flexible (capable of being changed)

Derivation:

negotiate (discuss the terms of an arrangement)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Legally transferable to the ownership of another

Synonyms:

assignable; conveyable; negotiable; transferable; transferrable

Context example:

negotiable bonds

Similar:

alienable (transferable to another owner)

Derivation:

negotiate (discuss the terms of an arrangement)


 Context examples 


I propose, said Mr. Micawber, Bills—a convenience to the mercantile world, for which, I believe, we are originally indebted to the Jews, who appear to me to have had a devilish deal too much to do with them ever since—because they are negotiable.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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