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back-and-forthsnounpl. of back-and-forth 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 barters, commutations, dickers, exchanges, quid pro quos, swaps, trade-offs, trades, trucks replacements, substitutionsreciprocations, recompenses, requitalsbargains, deals, horse trades, negotiations, transactionsdealingslogrollings 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 argumentations, arguments, argy-bargies(chiefly British), colloquies, confabs, confabulations, conferences, consultations, consults, councils, counsel, debates, deliberations, dialogues(also dialogs), discussions, give-and-takes, palavers, parleys, 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 |