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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1592
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Negotiatio(u)n, Negociatio(u)n, n. [e.m.E. negociation (1579), negotiation, F. négociation, L. negōtiātio.] A negotiation; a conference or discussion with a view to some settlement, esp. in affairs of state. — 1563 Cal. Sc. P. II. 66.
So greate worldly felicity as the success off that negociation must bring with it 1558-66 Knox II. 72.
Thair negotiation was langsum 1558-66 Ib. 390.
Schort after the parliament, Lethington returned frome his negotiatioun in England and France 1592 Douglas Corr. 37.
Negociatioun
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