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parleysnounpl. of parley a meeting featuring a group discussionheld a parley to debate the proposed change in the town's zoning laws colloquies, conferences, councils, forums(also fora), panel discussions, panels, powwows, round-robins, roundtables(or less commonly round tables), seminars, symposia(or symposiums) colloquiums(or colloquia)caucuses, town meetingsassemblies, conclaves, congregations, congresses, consistories, conventions, convocations, synodsdebates, deliberationsbrainstormingschat rooms, newsgroups an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issuecan we meet for an informal parley to see if we can effect a compromise? argumentations, arguments, argy-bargies(chiefly British), back-and-forths, colloquies, confabs, confabulations, conferences, consultations, consults, councils, counsel, debates, deliberations, dialogues(also dialogs), discussions, give-and-takes, palavers, talks bull sessions, chat rooms, forums(also fora), meetings, powwows, roundtables(or less commonly round tables), seminars, skull sessions(also skull practices), symposia(or symposiums), talkathonschats, conversations, raps, wordsdiscourses, disquisitionsconsultancies, negotiations, pourparlers parleysverbpresent tense third-person singular of parleyto exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problemin an effort to win the goodwill of the locals, the developers parleyed with them before finalizing plans for the massive mall advises, confabs, confabulates, confers, consults, counsels, powwows, treats argues, bandies, bats (around), chews over, debates, deliberates, discusses, disputes, hashes (over), kicks around, moots, palavers, talks, talks over, ventilatesrehashescoaches, guides, tutorsrecommends, suggestsdirects, refers (to) |