Negotiating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the
              Archipelago . . . the most indispensable supplies.
                                                    --Gibbon.
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     2. To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of
        commercial law; to sell; to pass.
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              The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual
              course of business or trade.          --Kent.
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