negotiate
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Negotiate
To conduct business transactions; to deal with another individual in regard to a purchase and sale; to bargain or trade. To conclude by way of agreement, bargain, or compact. To transfer a negotiable instrument, such as a promissory note, or other Commercial Paper.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
negotiate
to transfer (used of bills of exchange). The usual method is by endorsing (signing) the back of the document.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006