oti-, otio- +

The quality of being negotiable or transferable with an endorsement.

1. Transferable from one person to another by being delivered with or without endorsement so that the title passes to the transferee.
2. Capable of being traversed, dealt with, or accomplished: "We had to drive on a difficult but negotiable road."
3. Open to discussion or dispute.

1. To attempt to come to an agreement on something through discussion and compromise.
2. To manage to get past or to deal with something that constitutes a hazard or obstacle: "We can negotiate these waters with a small boat when the wind is calm."
3. To transfer ownership of a financial instrument; such as, a check or security to someone else in exchange for a payment.
4. Etymology: Literally, lack of leisure.

The meaning is based on the saying: neg otium est, "There is no leisure."

1. The reaching of agreement through discussions and compromises.
2. The tackling of a hazard or problem.
3. Discussion sessions or one or more meetings at which attempts are made to reach an agreement through discussion and compromise.
4. The mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement.
5. Etymology: from Latin negotiationem, negotiatio, "business, traffic"; from Latin negotiatus, negotiari, "to carry on business"; from negotium, "business"; literally, "lack of leisure"; from neg-, "not" + otium, "ease, leisure".

The shift from "doing business" to "bargaining" about anything took place in Latin.

A woman who negotiates or a female negotiator.

1. With no useful result or practical purpose.
2. Worthless, with little or no value.
3. Unwilling or disinclined to work or be active.
4. Etymology: "unfruitful, futile"; from Latin otiosus, "having leisure or ease, not busy", from otium, "leisure".

1. A reference to being lazy or indolent.
2. Characterized by being of no use; ineffective; futile.

1. Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being.
2. Producing no result or effect.
3. Disinclined to work or to put forth any exertion.