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back-and-forthnoun a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for anotherafter the usual back-and-forth of official gifts, the two leaders entered into a serious discussion barter, commutation, dicker, exchange, quid pro quo, swap, trade, trade-off, truck replacement, substitutionreciprocation, recompense, requitalbargain, deal, horse trade, negotiation, transactionbargaining, dealing, dickering, haggling, horse tradinglogrolling an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issuethe others listened with relish to the back-and-forth between the two noted professors argument, argumentation, argy-bargy(chiefly British), colloquy, confab, confabulation, conference, consult, consultation, council, counsel, debate, deliberation, dialogue(also dialog), discussion, give-and-take, palaver, parley, talk bull session, chat room, forum, meeting, powwow(informal, now offensive), roundtable, seminar, skull session(also skull practice), symposium, talkathonchat, conversation, rap, wordsdiscourse, disquisitionbargaining, consultancy, negotiation, pourparler in 1613 |