negociation

plural negociations

1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of negotiation.

   [T]he young gentleman […] left the doctor to himself, to conduct the negociation with Loftus.

   1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Relating how Doctor Toole and Captain Devereux Went on a Moonlight Errand”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 89

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   Among the wealthy families, early marriages were the rule, and the matches were often made even before the girls had reached their teens. In all cases where eligible matchams, i.e. cousins or sons of mothers' brothers or fathers' sisters were available, preference was accorded to them — almost as a matter of right. In the absence of any such, a young man of equal caste was fixed on, and negociations with his relations commenced. The paper then described these negociations, dwelling at length on the arrangements entered into with regard to dowry, and then proceeding to tell of all the feasts and ceremonies connected with a Moorish marriage.

   1888, “Marriage Customs of the Moors of Ceylon”, in The Folk-Lore Journal

   The negociations that were going on for a settlement of the question have practically fallen through

   1909, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Letter to Leo Tolstoy

   K. Richard was taken prisoner at the end of that year, and Savary saw a new opportunity. He was in the forefront of the negociations for the king's release, for he claimed cousinship with the Emperor Henry. At the beginning of the new year the pope made another move in the game. Finding the interdict unavailing, he threatened to excommunicate the king in person. John replied as before by opening negociations.

   1921, Joseph Armitage Robinson, Bishop Jocelin and the Interdict

   Any dispute which may arise between any two or more States Parties to this Convention concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention, which is not settled by negociation shall at the request of the parties to the dispute be referred, failing other means of settling the dispute, to the International Court of Justice for decision.

   1960, United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization, Convention against Discrimination in Education, Article 8