pourparler

noun

Definition of pourparlernext
as in consultancy

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  1. consultancy
  2. negotiation
  3. discourse
  4. disquisition
  5. bull session
Noun
  • If your gap was due to redundancy, stress your proactive response, such as pursuing further education or engaging in consultancy work.
    Andrew Fennell, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This decrease is mainly due to reductions in platform development and consultancy fees.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of consultancy
Noun
  • Advertisement World & Nation Georgia suspends talks on joining European Union, accusing bloc of blackmail Nov. 28, 2024 EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and enlargement commissioner Marta Kos released a joint statement Sunday on the Georgian government’s decision to suspend negotiations.
    Sophiko Megrelidze, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Graham also told Axios that Trump needs to reach a negotiation in Gaza before turning to other key foreign policy focuses, like a regional alliance against Iran.
    Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of negotiation
Noun
  • Forbes is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Resolving the discourse around remote work might seem straightforward.
    Liz Elting, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • There cannot be this false moral equivalence in our discourse.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of discourse
Noun
  • As the childhood friendship between two future game-makers blooms into a rich creative collaboration and, later, alienation, the book becomes a dazzling disquisition on art, ambition and the endurance of platonic love.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 July 2024
  • Anyone who knew Heff, even a little, had heard his manic, often brilliant disquisitions on literature, film and hip-hop and had listened to him rhapsodize about fast cars, James Dean, jazz and the horror novels of Clive Barker.
    Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of disquisition
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  • And though their scenes together are way too brief, the Older and Younger Elliott bull sessions give the movie both a spiky-humor rush and a sense of genuine grounding.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The newspaper’s staff won the Pulitzer for breaking news for a series of stories on a secret audio recording that exposed Los Angeles City Council members scheming in a crass and racist bull session about political power in the city.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
Definition of bull session
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