nonnegotiable

See also: non-negotiable

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From non- +‎ negotiable.

Adjective

nonnegotiable (not comparable)

  1. Not negotiable; not subject to negotiation.
    • 2007 December 16, Bob Shacochis, “Here Comes the Bride”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      For the hypermaterialistic and chronically adolescent Nancy, what was nonnegotiable was control, the power to sculpture her world to gratify her ever-sharpening appetites and desires.
    1. (of prices or values) Not subject to bargaining or haggling.
    2. (of a legal instrument) Not redeemable for money or other assets.

Translations

Noun

nonnegotiable (plural nonnegotiables)

  1. Something that is not negotiable.
    Synonym: sine qua non
    Near-synonym: deal breaker
    • 2007 August 26, Joyce Cohen, “No Longer Boxed In”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      “It is only once you start looking at houses that you realize what you do and don’t like, and what your negotiables and nonnegotiables are,” Ms. Wexler said.
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