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August 14, 2008

Negotiation

negotiations (noun) - formal discussions between two groups to reach an agreement

negotiation of a contract
renegotiation of a contract
negotiation of an agreement
contracts under negotiation
contract drafting and negotiation
the negotiation of a transaction

behind the scenes negotiations

under negotiation
the matter has been under negotiation, off and on, for several years now
locked in negotiations

find a compromise in negotiations
put forth a proposal in negotiations
successful negotiation leaves both parties satisfied with the outcome
an impartial mediator can facilitate negotiations
facilitate negotiations

the worst negotiations are better than the best war
a strong tradition of resolving disputes peacefully by negotiation

wholly intransigent, refusing to acknowledge the need for negotiation

tortuous negotiations
fruitless negotiations
the event complicates negotiates between the two sides
find a compromise in negotiations

difficult negotiations
lengthy negotiations
protracted negotiations

needs their support in negotiations

negotiations break down
negotiations collapse

enter into negotiations
resume negotiations
conclude negotiations
conduct negotiations

a lousy piece of negotiation

union-management negotiations
labour negotiations
wage negotiations
pay negotiations

trade negotiations
bilateral negotiations
multilateral negotiations

open to negotiations
subject to negotiations

negotiations between the two parties
negotiations involving all sides

direct negotiations

a round of negotiations
a round of serious negotiations
the new round of boardroom wage negotiations
the Doha round of trade negotiations

high-level negotiations
detailed negotiations
extensive negotiations
in the course of negotiations

diplomatic negotiations

aims were to be accomplished by means of negotiation backed up by a powerful well-disciplined and cohesive organisation

excluded from the negotiations
agriculture was always excluded from the negotiations

questions that are opening gambits for a negotiation of some sort
negotiation isn't just about talking to customers and suppliers

matters of pay and hours are better left to negotiation between employers and employees, or by their representatives

the inclusion, style and completeness of warranties is, of course, the outcome of a negotiation process

definitions and meanings constructed in interaction by a process of negotiation
attempted to keep the peace by bi-lateral negotiation
agreement was the culmination of months of negotiation between all the different sides involved
resolve problems through negotitation

issues under negotiation in the talks
the amount of negotiation that took place
played a key role in many of these negotiations

estimate the proposals and demands the buyer is likely to make during the course of negotiation, and the seller's reaction to them

after another round of serious negotiations the committee finally agreed to release the report

extensive progress on the negotiation of general clauses on working conditions has taken place between the central employers' organisations and large trade union confederations

union members must abide by the contractual rulings established by the Union in negotiation with management
the unions pulled out the stops in pursuit of a pay claim still subject to negotiation


Example sentences:

* We have to find a compromise because the worst negotiations are better than the best war.

* The rise is one of the largest percentage rises to be awarded to directors of UK companies in the new round of boardroom wage negotiations.

* You will learn above all that a successful negotiation leaves both parties satisfied with the outcome.

* After extensive negotiations, the company was awarded the contract.

* The matter has been under negotiation, off and on, for several years now, as I remember from my time at the Home Office.

* The inclusion, style and completeness of warranties is, of course, the outcome of a negotiation process in which each party has its own goals.

* Let's face it, negotiation isn't just about talking to customers and suppliers.

* At other companies, union-management negotiations were continuing.

* The Government generally take the view that matters of pay and hours are better left to negotiation between employers and employees, or by their representatives, and that they should certainly not be dealt with in legislation or in codes of practice provided for in statute.

* A further sensible activity during the preparation stage is to estimate the proposals and demands the buyer is likely to make during the course of negotiation, and the seller's reaction to them.

* Well the answer may lie in the twelve hours of negotiation that took place yesterday.

* Definitions and meanings are therefore constructed in interaction situations by a process of negotiation.

* The following series of questions will need to be carefully considered from the point of view of your client, bearing in mind the negotiation process, clearly it will include matters which your client wants to be excluded from the agreement as well as matters that it wants included.

* These would include claims against the vendor's professional advisers if they had been negligent in advising on the negotiation of the transaction.

* Critical factors here would be the number of times such documents were sent out, and the amount of negotiation that took place.

* Briefly, the organisation British Actors' Equity exists so that only bona fide members of the profession may apply for work: and those members must abide by the contractual rulings established by the Union in negotiation with managements in theatre, television and film.

* Ignoring pleas for moderation from the Prime Minister, James Callaghan, and the TUC General Secretary, Len Murray, the unions pulled out the stops in pursuit of a pay claim still subject to negotiation.

* Negotiation is about bargaining and the latter occurs in an endless variety of forms at the workplace.

* These questions are often opening gambits for a negotiation of some sort, even if it's just for interest and approval from one another.

* The appointment will be made at Study Director level and as such carries responsibilities for planning, negotiation, execution and reporting of these studies.

* The recent negotiation by UK universities of favourable educational licences for Interleaf will enable us to take advantage of its object-oriented and highly structured approach to document specification, while giving students a much more attractive and easy-to-learn interface.

* These aims were to be accomplished by means of negotiation backed up by a powerful, well-disciplined and cohesive organisation that would represent such a potential threat in the event of conflict that management was unlikely to risk being unduly unreasonable in negotiation.

* Yet since the late 1950s extensive progress on the negotiation of general clauses on working conditions has taken place between the central employers' organisations and large trade union confederations, along with government participation, on an economy-wide basis.

* Campbell described the authority's attitude as wholly intransigent and said that the county refused to acknowledge the need for negotiation.

* Meanwhile the inter-departmental Mercantile Marine Conciliation Committee, which had originally recommended the 1 August Ministry of Shipping initiative, but on which neither the owners nor the union were represented, attempted to keep the peace by bi-lateral negotiation with the two sides and with the independent local Liverpool Shipowners.

* In the first case the speculator with entrepreneurial initiative may identify land with numerous problems hindering development, and attempt to resolve these by negotiation.

* The function of the impartial mediator or conciliator may be described as to act as a catalyst to ensure that negotiation does take place and that the issues are confronted and as a facilitator to enable an agreement which both parties can perceive to be fair.

* After another round of serious negotiations the ARC finally agreed to release the report, the hard statistical evidence, but not the case studies, the interpretation of which they did not consider to be `;objective.';

* Charles therefore failed to carry Nithard's full-hearted support in the further detailed negotiations after June 842.

* Prior to erm , agriculture was always excluded from the negotiations right, whereas manufactured goods have been in there from the start, and as a result we've seen a reduction in tariffs right, on manufactured goods that's not to say that erm, protectionism on manufactured goods has fallen, it has in certain cases but not in all cases.

* Company secretary James Anderson says he does not want to set foot in Teesside following the collapse of negotiations to open a prestige caravan storage site at Middlesbrough.

* Darlington's Labour councillors were locked in negotiations with Kimberly-Clark management months before the company finally decided on Humberside.

* It'll complicate negotiations between Mr DeKlerk and Mr Mandela if at the same time as those negotiations continue, er Mrs Mandela is on trial which may of course be prolonged.


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