Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Discussion or negotiation preliminary to an agreement or treaty.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A preliminary conference of a more or less informal nature; a consultation preliminary to subsequent negotiation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Diplomacy) A consultation preliminary to a treaty.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A diplomatic consultation, preliminary to a treaty.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Old French, to discuss with the aim of reaching agreement, conversation preliminary to an agreement : pour, for, before (from Old French, from Latin prō; see pro–) + parler, to talk; see parley.]

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Borrowing from French.

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