pourparler

noun

Definition of pourparlernext
as in consultancy

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  1. consultancy
  2. negotiation
  3. discourse
  4. disquisition
  5. bull session
Noun
  • Famed Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has been tapped to draw up the master plan, the airport extension is being designed by a renowned Dutch firm, the economic plan overseen by an Australian consultancy, the environmental-impact assessment by a top multinational.
    By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Kirkpatrick said Bratton's consultancy is currently pegged for a three-month term in New Orleans, with the aim of helping guide the city's decisions on how to best strengthen its defenses.
    Kati Weis, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of consultancy
Noun
  • Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff is participating in the negotiations in Doha.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
  • In law, virtual assistants could provide instant risk assessments in contract negotiations, minimizing legal ambiguities.
    Ruchir Brahmbhatt, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of negotiation
Noun
  • Among them: Political discourse or any type of content that was classified as an opinion could not be refuted.
    Jorge Ramis, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2025
  • In a society where the highest earners were paying a marginal tax rate of 92 percent and union membership was peaking and the terror of climate change was unknown, neither class warfare nor concerns about carbon emissions animated the public discourse.
    Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of discourse
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  • 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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