Hypertext Webster Gateway: "negotiable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Negotiable \Ne*go"ti*a*ble\ (? or ?), a. [Cf. F. n['e]gotiable.
See {Negotiate}.]
Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assigment or
indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill
of exchange.
{Negotiable paper}, any commercial paper transferable by sale
or delivery and indorsement, as bills of exchange, drafts,
checks, and promissory notes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
negotiable
adj 1: capable of being passed or negotiated; "a negotiable road"
2: able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise; "negotiable
demands"
3: legally transferable to the ownership of another;
"negotiable bonds" [syn: {assignable}, {conveyable}, {transferable},
{transferrable}]
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