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{
"term": "negotiation",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "formal discussion between people who are trying to reach an agreement",
"sensetop": "negotiation with somebodynegotiation between A and Bin negotiation with somebodyunder negotiation",
"labels": "(US English)(British English)(North American English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**peace/trade/contract negotiations**"
},
{
"text": "They begin another **round of negotiations** today."
},
{
"text": "to enter into/open/begin negotiations"
},
{
"text": "to continue/resume/conclude negotiations"
},
{
"text": "They were **conducting** secret **negotiations** with Spain.",
"contextForm": "negotiation with somebody"
},
{
"text": "The rent is a **matter for negotiation** between the landlord and the tenant.",
"contextForm": "negotiation between A and B"
},
{
"text": "A contract is prepared in negotiation with our clients.",
"contextForm": "in negotiation with somebody"
},
{
"text": "The issue is still under negotiation.",
"contextForm": "under negotiation"
},
{
"text": "The price is generally **open to negotiation**."
},
{
"text": "Compromise is reached by a process of negotiation."
},
{
"text": "Contracts are under negotiation."
},
{
"text": "It's time for some serious negotiation."
},
{
"text": "Leading those negotiations is Senator Susan Collins of Maine."
},
{
"text": "Negotiations continued all day to avert a strike."
},
{
"text": "Negotiations were conducted in secret."
},
{
"text": "Rents are agreed by negotiation."
},
{
"text": "She is in negotiation with other heads of state on the question of oil prices."
},
{
"text": "The alliance is the product of months of negotiation between the two parties."
},
{
"text": "The problem is not the negotiations for a contract."
},
{
"text": "The problem should be resolved through negotiation."
},
{
"text": "There is considerable room for negotiation on some of the details."
},
{
"text": "They signed the treaty after several years of negotiation."
},
{
"text": "They wanted to bring the conflicting parties back to the negotiation table."
},
{
"text": "Union negotiations take place behind closed doors."
},
{
"text": "international negotiations on reducing carbon emissions"
},
{
"text": "negotiations over the number of houses to be built"
},
{
"text": "negotiations with the other side"
},
{
"text": "the negotiation of a new contract"
}
],
"topics": [
"Discussion and agreement",
"War and conflict",
"Politics",
"Business"
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["lengthy", "protracted", "ongoing"],
"verb + negotiation": ["enter into", "open", "start"],
"negotiation + verb": ["take place", "begin", "start"],
"negotiation + noun": ["process", "skills", "table"],
"preposition": [
"by negotiation",
"in negotiation (with)",
"through negotiation"
],
"phrases": [
"a basis for negotiation",
"a matter for negotiation",
"months, years, etc. of negotiation"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/nɪˌɡəʊʃiˈeɪʃn/",
"audio": "ne/negotiation/negotiation__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/nɪˌɡəʊʃiˈeɪʃn/",
"audio": "ne/negotiation/negotiation__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (denoting an act of dealing with another person): from Latin negotiatio(n-), from the verb negotiari, from negotium ‘business’, from neg- ‘not’ + otium ‘leisure’."
}