Negative is a word that has at least three separate meanings.

A negative number is a number whose value is less than zero. If a person or a company has negative net worth, this means that the money they owe to others exceeds the value of the money and other things they have or expect to have.

Some people also use negative the same way as "no", or other related words. "Not", "Never", "Nowhere" etc. are all negative words. On two-way radios the work "negative" is used instead of "no" to be clearer (see: afirmative).

In film photography, a negative is exposed picture or movie film that has been processed, and is ready to be used to make a print.

Negativ | Negative (photography) | Negativo | Negativo (fotado) | Négatif (photographie) | Negatív | Negatief (fotografie) | ネガフィルム | Negatyw