different between generalship vs negotiation

English

Etymology

From general +? -ship.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??n(?)??l??p/

Noun

generalship (plural generalships)

1. The position or office of a general. [from 16th c.]
2. The term of office of a military general. [from 17th c.]

   George Washington's generalship was marked by both amazing victories and stunning blunders, neither of which would have happened to someone with more formal officer training.

3. The skills or performance of a good general; military leadership, strategy. [from 17th c.]
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 277:

     At the same time, awed by the brilliant and daring generalship which had enabled the Russian to capture their city with so small a force, the elders gave him the honorific title of ‘Lion of Tashkent’.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 136:

     Virtually the whole of the region fell to Saxe's ingenious generalship.

4. By extension, leadership, good management. [from 18th c.]

   Under my generalship my fine troop of brats picked up every scrap of litter in that lot.

English

Alternative forms

• negociation (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”); see negotiate.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /n???o??i?e???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n??????i?e???n/
• Hyphenation: ne?go?ti?a?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

negotiation (countable and uncountable, plural negotiations)

1. The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

Hyponyms

• content negotiation (Web)

Related terms

• negotiable
• negotiate
• negotiator
• otiose

Translations

See also

• arbitration

Further reading

• negotiation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• negotiation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• negotiation in The Negotiation Experts, 1996