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noun ADJ. difficult, lengthy, protracted | direct | successful | fruitless, unsuccessful | behind-the-scenes, secret | bilateral, multilateral | constant, continuous | delicate | detailed | serious It's time for some serious negotiation. | high-level | pay, peace, trade, wage, etc. VERB + NEGOTIATION enter into, open | break off | resume | conduct Negotiations were conducted in secret. | conclude | be open to, be subject to The final price is open to negotiation. NEGOTIATION + VERB begin, start | continue, go on Negotiations continued all day to avert a strike. | break down, collapse NEGOTIATION + NOUN process PREP. by ~ Rents are agreed by negotiation. | in ~ (with) She is in negotiation with other heads of state on the question of oil prices. | through ~ The problem should be resolved through negotiation. | under ~ Contracts are under negotiation. | ~ between The alliance is the product of months of negotiation between the two parties. | ~ of the negotiation of a new contract | ~ on international negotiations on reducing sulphur dioxide emissions | ~ over negotiations over the number of houses to be built | ~ with negotiations with the other side PHRASES a basis for negotiation, a matter for negotiation, months/years of negotiation They signed the treaty after several years of negotiation. | a process of negotiation Compromise is reached by a process of negotiation. | room for negotiation There is considerable room for negotiation on some of the details.MEETING
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negotiation
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + negotiation
long/lengthy
• After lengthy negotiations, a compromise was finally reached.
prolonged/protracted
(= very long )
• Despite protracted negotiations, the two sides have failed to reach agreement.
difficult
• The agreement is the result of two years of long and difficult negotiations.
delicate
(= in which it would be very easy to upset people and cause the negotiations to fail )
• The company is about to start delicate negotiations with the union about next year's pay agreement.
intense
(= done with a lot of effort )
• The agreement came after months of intense negotiations.
peace/trade etc negotiations
• A new round of global trade negotiations is due to start next week.
verbs
enter into/open negotiations
(= start negotiations )
• They have entered into negotiations to acquire another company.
conduct negotiations
• The country should conduct direct negotiations with its neighbours.
break off negotiations
(= stop them )
• The two companies have broken off negotiations on the deal.
resume negotiations
(= start them again )
• The pressure is on Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace negotiations.
negotiations start
• Peace negotiations started last week.
negotiations stall
(= stop making progress )
• The negotiations stalled over the question of arms reductions.
negotiations break down
(= stop because of disagreement )
• The negotiations broke down over a dispute about working conditions.
phrases
be under negotiation
(= be being discussed )
• The contract is currently under negotiation.
be open to negotiation
(= be able to be discussed )
• The price is usually open to negotiation.
be open to negotiation
(= be willing to discuss something )
• The president signalled that he is open to negotiations on the budget.
be subject to negotiation
(= be something that must be discussed )
• The pay is subject to negotiation.
a round of negotiations
(= one part of a series of negotiations )
• the next round of negotiations on trade barriers
the initial/early/final stages of negotiation
• The offer was in the final stages of negotiation.
a breakdown in negotiations
(= an occasion when negotiations cannot continue because of a disagreement )
• There has been a breakdown in negotiations with the union.
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