NEGOTIATED
Verb
negotiated
simple past tense and past participle of negotiate
Source: Wiktionary
NEGOTIATE
Ne*go"ti*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. negotiatus, p.p. of negotiari, fr.
negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect.]
1. To transact business; to carry on trade. [Obs.] Hammond.
2. To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some
business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for
the purchase of goods or a farm.
3. To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to
treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications
or conferences.
He that negotiates between God and man Is God's ambassador. Cowper.
4. To intrigue; to scheme. [Obs.] Bacon.
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.
Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago ... the
most indispensable supplies. Gibbon.
2. To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial
law; to sell; to pass.
The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business
or trade. Kent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition