renegotiate
verb
re·ne·go·ti·ate
ˌrē-ni-ˈgō-shē-ˌāt 
renegotiated; renegotiating; renegotiates
: to negotiate again (as to adjust interest rates or repayments or to get more money)
renegotiate a loan
renegotiate a contract
Examples of renegotiate in a Sentence
The deal is done. I won't renegotiate.
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With potential new leadership in Washington, the more onerous aspects could be renegotiated or quietly dropped.
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Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Growers like Spielmann hoped — and still hope — the agreement would be renegotiated instead.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 22 July 2025
Member nations were constantly renegotiating it; the final such round, which started in the mid-eighties, lasted more than seven years and resulted in almost three hundred thousand pages of legal text.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Lutnick also outlined the administration's timeline for renegotiating major trade deals, challenged European threats of retaliatory tariffs, and accused Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell of inflicting economic pain on Americans through high interest rates.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
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Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Growers like Spielmann hoped — and still hope — the agreement would be renegotiated instead.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 22 July 2025
Member nations were constantly renegotiating it; the final such round, which started in the mid-eighties, lasted more than seven years and resulted in almost three hundred thousand pages of legal text.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Lutnick also outlined the administration's timeline for renegotiating major trade deals, challenged European threats of retaliatory tariffs, and accused Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell of inflicting economic pain on Americans through high interest rates.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for renegotiate
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“Renegotiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renegotiate. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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renegotiate
transitive verb
re·ne·go·ti·ate
ˌrē-ni-ˈgō-shē-ˌāt
: to negotiate again (as for more money or to adjust interest rates or repayments)
specifically
: to determine under statutory procedure the existence and amount of excess profits on (a government contract) in order to eliminate or obtain a refund of such profits
: to negotiate again
specifically
: to adjust a government project price in order to eliminate or recover excessive profits
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