n. [ L. negotiatio: cf. F. négociation. ] 1. The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Hence, mercantile business; trading. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Who had lost, with these prizes, forty thousand pounds, after twenty years' negotiation in the East Indies. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making treaties, composing difference, etc.; as, the negotiations at Ghent. [ 1913 Webster ]
An important negotiation with foreign powers. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]