{
    "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’."
}