Renegotiate

verb

verb ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To negotiate new terms to replace old ones. transitive

    "The United States announced today that it had renegotiated an important agreement governing textile trade between developing nations and the industrialized countries."

  2. 2
    revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor wordnet
  3. 3
    negociate anew wordnet

Example

More examples

"Does Algeria need to renegotiate its free-trade agreement with Europe?"

Etymology

From re- + negotiate.

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