Negotiable

//nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is open to negotiation.

    "“It is only once you start looking at houses that you realize what you do and don’t like, and what your negotiables and nonnegotiables are,” Ms. Wexler said."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be traversed; navigable.
  2. 2
    Able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement, in exchange for money.

    "The court had to decide if a "telecheck" had been "signed" by the purported "drawer," and in doing so the court had to determine whether a "telecheck" is a negotiable instrument[…]"

  3. 3
    Open to negotiation or bargaining.

    "Salary is negotiable, according to education and experience."

Adjective
  1. 1
    legally transferable to the ownership of another wordnet
  2. 2
    able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise wordnet
  3. 3
    capable of being passed or negotiated wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
achievableactablealienableassignableassignableattainable

Example

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"The court had to decide if a "telecheck" had been "signed" by the purported "drawer," and in doing so the court had to determine whether a "telecheck" is a negotiable instrument[…]"

Etymology

From negotiate + -able.

Related phrases

negotiable instrument

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