9 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
verb discuss the terms of an arrangement
verb succeed in passing through, around, or over
originc. 1598; borrowed from Latin negōtiātus, perfect active participle of negōtior (“to do business, trade”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from negotium (“business”) + -or, from nec (“not”) + otium (“leisure, ease, inactivity”).
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