nə̇ˈgōsh(ē)əbəl, nēˈ- adjective
Etymology: negoti ate + -able
: that can be negotiated: as
a. : that can be transferred or assigned from one person to another in return for equivalent value by being delivered either with endorsement (as of an instrument payable to order) or without endorsement (as of an instrument payable to bearer) so that the title passes to the transferee who is not prejudiced in his rights by any defect or flaw in the title of prior parties nor by personal defenses available to prior parties among themselves provided in both cases that the transferee is a bona fide holder without notice
bills of exchange, promissory notes, and checks that are payable to bearer or order are negotiable instruments, as are also, in some jurisdictions, some other instruments (as bonds, some forms of stock)
negotiable paper
negotiable securities
b.
(1) : that can be successfully traversed
the road, normally negotiable by jeep — Herbert Passin
a difficult but negotiable path through the forest
or gone up or down
a negotiable hill
or otherwise successfully managed
a sharp curve in the road that is negotiable if one goes slowly
(2) : that can be met and successfully dealt with : that does not pose insurmountable problems
familiar and negotiable situations — Anthony West
(3) : that can be arrived at : that can be done or accomplished or realized : attainable
thought that some kind of treaty was negotiable
not readily negotiable by empirical method — V.C.Aldrich
(4) : that can be readily understood
disclose its fundamental motives in widely negotiable language — H.E.Clurman
c.
(1) : that is utilizable in a practical way
the old rhetoric … is no longer negotiable — E.R.Bentley
(2) : that has characteristics favoring wide acceptance
have found a home where their ideas are negotiable — R.M.Weaver
is negotiable to the widest possible public — W.L.Miller
: that has high commercial value
seems to be highly negotiable at the box office — Barbara B. Jamison
d. : that is open to discussion or question or dispute
criticism, which is public and negotiable — J.C.Ransom
have declared that their claim … is not negotiable — New Republic