negotiable

/nəˈgoʊʃ(i)əbəl/

/nəˈgʌʊʃəbəl/

Other forms: negotiably

If you're told that a price is negotiable, that means you can talk it over until you reach an agreement. So don't start with your highest offer.

Negotiable can also mean that a road or path can be used. Since the avalanche, you've found that many of the local roads are no longer negotiable. If you can pass on a possession to someone else, making them the owner, then it's said to be negotiable. The "t" in negotiable is pronounced "sh."

Definitions of negotiable

1. adjective

   able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise
   “negotiable demands”

   synonyms: on the table

   flexible

   capable of being changed
2. adjective

   capable of being passed or negotiated
   “a negotiable road”

   synonyms:

   passable

   able to be passed or traversed or crossed
3. adjective

   legally transferable to the ownership of another
   “negotiable bonds”

   synonyms: assignable, conveyable, transferable, transferrable

   alienable

   transferable to another owner