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🤝 Not agreed 💵 Not processed
unnegotiated

unnegotiated

8.6
A cheque or bill not given to a bank to be paid
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no negociado
  • The unnegotiated cheque was returned to the sender after thirty days.

Examples

  • Funds from an unnegotiated bill cannot be accessed until it is processed.

  • The cheque remained unnegotiated for several months.

  • The bank keeps records of all unnegotiated financial instruments for security purposes.

  • Why is this bill still unnegotiated?

  • The unnegotiated cheque was returned to the sender after thirty days.

  • Funds from an unnegotiated bill cannot be accessed until it is processed.

  • The cheque remained unnegotiated for several months.

Synonyms

uncashed
vsunnegotiated
1 4.6

Not yet turned into money, for example a check you have not taken to the bank

is about instruments not processed through formal transfer rather than simple nonexchange
non-settling
vsunnegotiated
  • Specialized
7.7

A bank payment that has not been completed or cleared

is focused on papers left unprocessed by formal transfer systems
unliquidated
vsunnegotiated
  • Specialized
9.0

Not yet sold or turned into cash, often about things a company owns

is about lack of formal transferable processing rather than valuation or conversion

How Settled

settled
3.4
paid
1 1.0
unnegotiated
  • Specialized
8.6

Surface Forms

unnegotiated positive

Morphology

unnegotiated = negotiated (semi-transparent) = un + negotiate + ed

Formally 'un-' + 'negotiated' is transparent, but the financial/legal sense of 'negotiated' (processed/transferred) is specialized and may be unknown to average learners.

Etymology

Unnegotiated is made from un- 'not' and negotiate 'to make a deal', and it is related to negotiable, which in banking means you can 'transfer' a cheque or bill. So an unnegotiated cheque or bill is one that was not processed or passed on.