Meanings
alternative non-negotiable
- not comparableNot negotiable; not subject to negotiation.
For the hypermaterialistic and chronically adolescent Nancy, what was nonnegotiable was control, the power to sculpture her world to gratify her ever-sharpening appetites and desires.
2007 December 16, Bob Shacochis, “Here Comes the Bride”, in The New York Times- not comparableNot subject to bargaining or haggling.
- not comparableNot redeemable for money or other assets.
plural nonnegotiables · alternative non-negotiable
- Something that is not negotiable.
Near-synonym: deal breaker
1 more example
“It is only once you start looking at houses that you realize what you do and don’t like, and what your negotiables and nonnegotiables are,” Ms. Wexler said.
2007 August 26, Joyce Cohen, “No Longer Boxed In”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: sine qua non, deal breaker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething that is not negotiable.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Englishnegotiate
- Englishnegotiable
- Englishnonnegotiable
From non- + negotiable.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans onverhandelbaar
- onverhandelbaarnot subject to negotiation
Catalan innegociable
- innegociablenot subject to negotiation
Finnish ehdoton, ei neuvoteltavissa
- ehdotonnot subject to negotiation
- ei neuvoteltavissanot subject to negotiation
French innégociable, non négociable
- innégociablenot subject to negotiation
- non négociablenot subject to negotiation
German nicht verhandelbar
- nicht verhandelbarnot subject to negotiation
Portuguese inegociável
- inegociávelnot subject to negotiation
Spanish innegociable
- innegociablenot subject to negotiation
Swedish icke förhandlingsbar
- icke förhandlingsbarnot subject to negotiation
Cite this entry
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