Negotiable
Ne‐go″ti‐a‐ble (? or?), a. [Cf. F. négotiable. See Negotiate.] Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or...
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Negotiant
Ne‐go″ti‐ant (?), n. [L. negotians, prop. p. pr. of negotiari: cf. F. négociant.] A negotiator. Sir W. Raleigh.
Negotiate
Ne‐go″ti‐ate (?), v. i. [L. negotiatus, p. p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect.] 1. To transact business; to carry on trade. Hammond.2. ...
Negotiate (2)
Ne‐go″ti‐ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Negotiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Negotiating (?).] 1. To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negoti...
Negotiation
Ne‐go′ti‐a″tion (?), n. [L. negotiatio: cf. F. négociation.] 1. The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc.2. Hence, mercantile ...
Negotiator
Ne‐go″ti‐a′tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. négociateur.] One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public co...
Negotiatory
Ne‐go″ti‐a‐to‐ry (? or?), a. Of or pertaining to negotiation.
Negotiatrix
Ne‐go′ti‐a″trix (?), n. A woman who negotiates. Miss Edgeworth.
Negotiosity
Ne‐go′ti‐os″i‐ty (?), n. [L. negotiositas.] The state of being busy; multitude of business.
Negotious
Ne‐go″tious (?), a. [L. negotiosus.] Very busy; attentive to business; active. D. Rogers.
Negotiousness
Ne‐go″tious‐ness, n. The state of being busily occupied; activity. D. Rogers.
Negress
Ne″gress (?), n.; pl.Negresses (�). [Cf. F. négrese, fem. of négre a negro. See Negro.] A black woman; a female negro.
Negrita
‖Ne‐gri″ta (?), n. [Sp., blackish, fem. of negrito, dim. of negro black.] (Zoöl.) A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bass family. It is a native of the West In...
Negritic
Ne‐grit″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes. Keary.
Negritos
Ne‐gri″tos (?), n. pl.; sing Negrito (�). [Sp., dim. of negro black.] (Ethnol.) A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble...
Negro
Ne″gro (nē″grō̍), n.; pl.Negroes (�). [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.] A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons...
Negro (2)
Ne″gro, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black.Negro bug(Zoöl.), a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produces a very disagreeable flavor. — negro corn, ...
Negrohead
Ne″gro‐head′ (?), n. An inferior commercial variety of India rubber made up into round masses.
Negroid
Ne″groid (?), a. [Negro + -oid.] 1. Characteristic of the negro.2. Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those who resemble the negro.
Negroid (2)
Ne″groid (?), n. [Negro + -oid.] A member of any one of several East African tribes whose physical characters show an admixture with other races.
Negroloid
Ne″gro‐loid (?), a. See Negroid.
Negus
Ne″gus (?), n. A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice; — so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus.
Nehiloth
‖Ne″hi‐loth (?), n. pl.(Script.) A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music, as pipes or flutes. Ps. v. (heading).
Nehushtan
Ne‐hush″tan (?), n. A thing of brass; — the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses. 2 Kings xviii. 4.
Neif
{ Neif, Neife } (nēf), n. [OF. neïf, naïf, a born serf, fr. L. nativus born, imparted by birth. See Native.] A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf. Blackstone.
Neif (2)
{ Neif, Neaf (nēf), } n. [Icel. hnefi; akin to Dan. næve, Sw. näfve.] The fist. “I kiss thy neif.” “Give me your neaf.” Shak.
Neigh
Neigh (nā), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Neighed (nād); p. pr. & vb. n.Neighing.] [OE. neien, AS. hnǣgan, prob. of imitative origin; cf. MHG. nēgen, Icel. hneggja, gneggja, Sw. gnägga. Cf...