NEGOTIABLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does negotiable mean? 

• NEGOTIABLE (adjective)
  The adjective NEGOTIABLE has 3 senses:

1. capable of being passed or negotiated

2. able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise

3. legally transferable to the ownership of another

  Familiarity information: NEGOTIABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEGOTIABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being passed or negotiated

Context example:

a negotiable road

Similar:

passable (able to be passed or traversed or crossed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise

Synonyms:

negotiable; on the table

Context example:

the proposal is still on the table

Similar:

flexible (capable of being changed)

Derivation:

negotiate (discuss the terms of an arrangement)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Legally transferable to the ownership of another

Synonyms:

assignable; conveyable; negotiable; transferable; transferrable

Context example:

negotiable bonds

Similar:

alienable (transferable to another owner)

Derivation:

negotiate (discuss the terms of an arrangement)

 Context examples 

I propose, said Mr. Micawber, Bills—a convenience to the mercantile world, for which, I believe, we are originally indebted to the Jews, who appear to me to have had a devilish deal too much to do with them ever since—because they are negotiable.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)