different between negotiator vs negotiation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin neg?ti?tor (“merchant, banker”), equivalent to negotiate +? -ator

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???o?.?i.e?.t?/

Noun

negotiator (plural negotiators)

1. One who negotiates.
2. A diplomat, moderator.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From neg?tior (“do business”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ne.?o?.ti?a?.tor/, [n??o?t?i?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ne.?o.t?si?a.tor/, [n???t??s?i???t??r]

Noun

neg?ti?tor m (genitive neg?ti?t?ris); third declension

1. merchant, businessman, dealer, trader, wholesaler
2. banker

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• neg?ti?torius

Related terms

Descendants

References

• negotiator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• negotiator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• negotiator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Alternative forms

• negociation (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”); see negotiate.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /n???o??i?e???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n??????i?e???n/
• Hyphenation: ne?go?ti?a?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

negotiation (countable and uncountable, plural negotiations)

1. The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

Hyponyms

• content negotiation (Web)

Related terms

• negotiable
• negotiate
• negotiator
• otiose

Translations

See also

• arbitration

Further reading

• negotiation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• negotiation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• negotiation in The Negotiation Experts, 1996