negotiation

noun
/nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/UK/nɪˌɡoʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/CA

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”). By surface analysis, negotiate + -ion.

  1. borrowed from negotiatio
  2. borrowed from négociation

Definitions

  1. The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

    • The specifics of the contract are still under negotiation.
    • The two parties entered into negotiations about the merger.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at negotiation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at negotiation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at negotiation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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