{"id":12724,"date":"2026-05-04T17:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotwork-e5h7gkdwh5fshkaz.ukwest-01.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=12724"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:27:06","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scotwork.com\/sg\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary of Negotiation Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull sec-hero ban-blog sec-blog-opinion\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3601\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_121514233-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_121514233-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_121514233-300x200.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_121514233-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_121514233-768x512.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_121514233-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_121514233-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide carousel slide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"carouselExampleCaptions\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide carousel-inner has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide carousel-item active is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-georgia-font-family has-max-48-font-size wp-elements-1dad191d27e64899eb606fa539b1003d\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:1.1\">Glossary of Negotiation Terms<br><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-montserrat-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.5\">Scotwork has been defining negotiation since 1975. 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