RENEGOTIATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does renegotiate mean? 

• RENEGOTIATE (verb)
  The verb RENEGOTIATE has 2 senses:

1. negociate anew

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

  Familiarity information: RENEGOTIATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENEGOTIATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they renegotiate    ... he / she / it renegotiates   
Past simple: renegotiated   
Past participle: renegotiated   
-ing form: renegotiating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Negociate anew

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

renegociate; renegotiate

Context example:

The two warring parties will have to renegociate

Hypernyms (to "renegotiate" is one way to...):

negociate (confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

renegociate; renegotiate

Context example:

We renegociated our old mortgage now that the interest rates have come down

Hypernyms (to "renegotiate" is one way to...):

negociate; negotiate; talk terms (discuss the terms of an arrangement)

Domain category:

contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "renegotiate"):

roll over (negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Keep your distance during the entire time of the retrograde, and—this bears repeating—do not sign papers with Mercury retrograde, or you will need to renegotiate the contract down the road.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You should not sign legal papers during the retrograde for you will only have to renegotiate the deal later.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)