noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a matter for debate/negotiation/discussion (=something to be debated/negotiated etc)
▪ How to solve the housing crisis is a matter for debate.
a round of talks/negotiations/meetings
▪ A second round of talks got under way this week.
bilateral relations/trade/agreements/negotiations etc
▪ bilateral negotiations between Israel and Syria
disarmament negotiations/talks
▪ United Nations disarmament negotiations started today.
enter into discussions/negotiations (with sb)
▪ The government refused to enter into discussions with the opposition.
enter negotiations (=start discussing something)
▪ The rebels were prepared to enter negotiations.
high-level meetings/talks/negotiations etc
▪ a high-level conference on arms control
intense negotiations
▪ The hostages were freed after intense negotiations.
peace talks/negotiations
▪ A fourth round of peace talks will begin on Monday.
protracted negotiations/discussions/debate etc
▪ the expense of a protracted legal battle
trade talks/negotiations
▪ A further round of trade talks begins this week in Geneva.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bilateral
▪ A trade that purports to have been executed in the exchange's competitive trading system is in fact pre-arranged by bilateral negotiation.
▪ Bush suggested that the conference would dissolve into a series of bilateral negotiations, but would be periodically reconvened.
▪ The document envisaged six months of bilateral negotiations over programmes and funding.
direct
▪ You need to be more direct in negotiations.
▪ Formal documentation, legal contracts and direct, to-the-point negotiations are features of this kind of culture.
▪ After the Security Council ultimatum was issued, Bush offered to enter into direct negotiations.
final
▪ The flexibility idea was mostly opposed by developing countries, but during the final negotiations in Kyoto the opposition was not sustained.
▪ Northwest Airlines' mechanics are in the final stage of negotiations that could lead to a strike there next month.
▪ Lyle's reaction was to take the money, but he called in Neil Shaw to conduct final negotiations.
▪ Of these, in 27 cases the investors have shown further interest and five are in the final stages of negotiation.
▪ He also announced that a World Bank loan for the sugar industry was in the final stages of negotiation.
further
▪ By 1170 further negotiations with Pope Alexander, still in opposition to Frederick, had broken down.
▪ Ferris said no further negotiations are planned, and the offer is final.
▪ Although further peace negotiations were scheduled for the latter half of 1991, the situation remained unresolved.
▪ Such an agreement would be mostly procedural, leaving the tough land-for-peace issues for further negotiations, officials said.
▪ The costs of due diligence, which can be considerable are a further area where negotiation may be possible.
▪ Some favored acceptance, some wanted further negotiation, and some clamored for a continuance of the war.
▪ A further negotiation session was planned for late September, but the August talks ended amid mutual accusations.
▪ Daschle continued to object, and he and Dole left the Senate floor for further negotiations.
international
▪ Trade sanctions have been threatened and copyright has been made a high-profile issue in international negotiations.
▪ He said that the deportations could jeopardise international negotiations aimed at finding a long-term solution to the boat people problem.
▪ The Kyoto protocol capped years of good-faith international negotiations aimed at implementing the 1992 U.N.
▪ As with all international negotiations, there has been give and take between all 12 member states.
open
▪ But Lucy's invitations were not open to negotiation, and none of her favourites had thought it wise to refuse.
▪ Some have said they do not consider the matter open to negotiation.
▪ But contrariwise it was an essential part of corporate liberty that it was open to negotiation.
▪ However, Mr Smith said the union was always open to negotiation.
▪ From the tone of his voice, it was perfectly clear that his decision was not open to negotiation.
▪ I can do one thing in the light, and that's send and treat for him in open negotiation.
▪ But it is open to negotiation and will depend on how you run your business finds out Tom Allen-Stevens.
▪ While interactionists admit the existence of roles, they regard them as vague and imprecise and therefore as open to negotiation.
protracted
▪ After protracted negotiations in July 1845 twenty cases of drawings were delivered to the Galleries.
▪ Three years of long and protracted negotiations characterized the proposals for an indoor-events arena.
▪ After protracted negotiations, it was agreed that a day a week would be devoted to the task.
▪ This takes time and the heads are not the appropriate forum for protracted negotiations.
▪ The bid follows protracted negotiations between the two groups about a possible merger.
secret
▪ Early in 1202 secret negotiations had already begun between Otto and Innocent.
▪ Henry Kissinger was also confounded and frustrated by the Communists during his secret negotiations with them.
▪ Every day of his liberty is a defiance. Secret negotiations are under way with jailed mobsters to bring him down.
serious
▪ Neither one has reached the stage of serious negotiations.
▪ This is certainly a novel method of signaling fair-mindedness on the eve of serious federal policy negotiations.
▪ But his critics say he is not serious about negotiation.
■ NOUN
budget
▪ McCurry said he expects the issue to come up at budget negotiations with congressional Republicans.
▪ And while the budget negotiations are causing grief right now for front-running Sen.
▪ Clinton also alluded to the intractable ideological divide that led to the suspension of top-level budget negotiations.
▪ Which brings us to the snow job piling up around the budget negotiations themselves.
▪ If no progress is made in the budget negotiations by Jan. 26, the government offices could be shut down again.
contract
▪ It is likely that the lawyers will try to introduce their pension advisers early in the contract negotiations.
▪ Teacher contract negotiations have been on hold for months because school officials were uncertain how much money they had.
▪ I just had to write when, out here at the 1996 Summer Press Tour, I heard about your contract negotiations.
▪ He just tells her not to talk to the press about the contract negotiations.
▪ But historically, mediators have allowed other airlines' contract negotiations to go on for years before declaring an impasse.
▪ Throughout the day, contract negotiations continued inside.
▪ Brunell and the team will enter into contract negotiations next week.
peace
▪ It was announced on Feb. 25 that a ceasefire had been agreed in principle as a prelude to full peace negotiations.
▪ Netanyahu apparently began to fear the economic cost of a breakdown in peace negotiations.
▪ The subsequent peace negotiations were brokered by Jalaluddin Haqqani, commander of a mujaheddin mediation committee.
process
▪ A full investigation of title is time consuming and should be started as early in the negotiation process as possible.
▪ We can say that now, and we used it quite heavily during the negotiation process.
▪ The President said that both Delport and Schoeman would be involved in the negotiations process.
trade
▪ Optimists say not. Trade negotiations always look as if they were about to break down just before they succeed.
▪ It was a moment of levity amid tough trade negotiations.
▪ Let us get down to tackling practical matters such as getting those trade negotiations tied up.
▪ There will no hard-nosed trade negotiations on this trip.
▪ Finally, it offers a rationale for a further round of world trade negotiations.
wage
▪ But some warned that the impact of higher mortgage rates on wage negotiations risked increased pressure on prices in the months ahead.
▪ The obvious way is through wage negotiations and issues about security of employment.
▪ Strike statistics by themselves may not reflect the often violent background to the annual Spring wage negotiations.
▪ A government communiqué of June 19 declared the strike illegal on the grounds that wage negotiations were still in progress.
▪ Naturally, employers are now facing yet another round of difficult wage negotiations.
▪ The squeeze on consumption prior to 1969 now led to trade unions adopting a more militant posture in wage negotiations.
▪ The most critical period will be this winter's round of wage negotiations.
■ VERB
agree
▪ That means publishing research, collecting data on morality in factories and constructing some forum where consensus can be agreed by negotiation.
begin
▪ After the election the Yukon Party began negotiations with a view to forming a minority government in the territory.
▪ In 1968 they found a failing college in Delaware and began negotiations to make it the site.
▪ Next day the government began negotiations with trade union leaders.
▪ The two companies had begun negotiations last spring.
▪ Thorn said it began negotiations to re-sign Jackson with its Virgin label in December.
conclude
▪ The settlement, which concluded four months of negotiations, obviated the need for the separate cases to be heard in court.
▪ Republicans are eager to conclude negotiations.
▪ The health authority and the Defence Land Agent hope to conclude negotiations within a month.
▪ The government and opposition recently concluded months of negotiations on the reform package.
▪ Pricing is still currently in dollars while Berenzoid and InteSoft conclude negotiations and are as follows.
conduct
▪ A working group of nonprofit agencies was set up to conduct the annual negotiations with the State Department.
▪ Experience of conducting high level negotiations, contract and royalty management.
▪ Lyle's reaction was to take the money, but he called in Neil Shaw to conduct final negotiations.
▪ How you conduct negotiations from there is largely a question of individual judgment supported by sound professional advice.
continue
▪ Environmental protests against the hydroelectric scheme had continued throughout the negotiations.
▪ The Justice Department ordered additional contingents of marshals to the campus and continued negotiation with Barnett.
▪ Needless to say, virtually all debtor governments are counting on continued negotiations with their creditors to alleviate their debt burdens.
enter
▪ As a result local government policies have changed, and employment strategy has entered a phase of negotiation.
▪ They may be more careful as they enter into negotiations with our competitors in the future.
▪ I know the other party and I are going to work out a deal when we enter negotiations.
▪ This involved a moped engine designed by the plaintiff who entered into informal negotiations with the defendant; no contract was executed.
▪ After the Security Council ultimatum was issued, Bush offered to enter into direct negotiations.
▪ To sort out the non-priority debts, possibly entering into negotiation with the lenders.
▪ Rabin and his aides entered the Kissinger negotiations as hard bargainers with a clear sense of their bottom line.
follow
▪ There followed seven months of negotiation between the bill's supporters and the Administration.
▪ The accord, which followed two years of negotiations, was scheduled to come into force in September 1994.
▪ The bid follows protracted negotiations between the two groups about a possible merger.
hold
▪ He should legislate now for a referendum to be held once the negotiations at Maastricht are complete.
involve
▪ Inside the baker's, Maisie had got involved in a complicated negotiation with the shopkeeper.
▪ She is deeply involved in litigation and negotiations in which the potential stakes for city residents are massive.
▪ This connection has meant that Mr Smith has not been involved in the negotiations.
▪ C., will be involved in the negotiations, which are scheduled to continue through Friday.
▪ Where two agencies put forward conflicting options, the search is inevitably on for a third option, which may involve negotiation.
▪ The multinationals that stand to benefit were deeply involved in the negotiations to establish Gats.
▪ Any solution would have to involve explicit negotiation between sovereign states, culminating in an international treaty.
▪ This will involve trade union negotiations in areas that may be far removed from their traditional expertise.
resume
▪ So when Branson contacted her to see whether they could resume negotiations, Wilson agreed.
▪ Dole denied any rift in Republican ranks as congressional leaders and Clinton prepared to resume their negotiations last night.
start
▪ That said, it is most important to get the parties to start the process of negotiation.
▪ Mortensen said he stepped down as chairman last month as he started negotiations to buy the restaurant unit.
▪ To start negotiations having to rely on the generosity of the other party is not to start in the strongest of positions!
▪ They met for four hours at an airplane hangar in Phoenix on March 6 to start the negotiations.
▪ They all had a bounden responsibility to start negotiations to end the nightmare.
▪ He has already started negotiations, and hopes to announce alliances next month.
▪ Simultaneously, the national government officials will start negotiation and the lobbyist should also brief them.
▪ In 1991 I started negotiations to run a pilot project of community nursing contracts in my practice.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Negotiations involving 108 nations have been bogged down over the issue of refugees.
▪ Any border changes will come about only by negotiation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All those stipulations are up for negotiation.
▪ For example, management might suspend all negotiations about pay and conditions until employees agree to work normally during the bargaining.
▪ Hitler's assault in the summer of 1940 put paid to the agitation for peace negotiations.
▪ Intense negotiation followed, then shortly afterwards legal threats from Harvard, culminating in a bizarre series of scurrilous allegations and counter-allegations.
▪ That is abdication, not negotiation.
▪ That may make negotiation of East-West arms limitation agreements much more complicated.
▪ The outcome raised expectations of full-scale negotiations on a new power-sharing constitution.
▪ There followed seven months of negotiation between the bill's supporters and the Administration.