“the buyout negotiation lasted several days”
- Synonyms:
- dialogue, talks
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons
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parley
a negotiation between enemies
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diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations
negotiation between nations
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bargaining
the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement
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collective bargaining
negotiation between an employer and trade union
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horse trading
negotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining
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mediation
a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party
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plea bargain, plea bargaining
(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
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dollar diplomacy
diplomacy influenced by economic considerations
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gunboat diplomacy, power politics
diplomacy in which the nations threaten to use force in order to obtain their objectives
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recognition
the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
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shuttle diplomacy
international negotiations conducted by a mediator who frequently flies back and forth between the negotiating parties
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haggle, haggling, wrangle, wrangling
an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
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holdout
a refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal
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arbitration
(law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management)
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conciliation
any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration
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umpirage
mediation by an umpire
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discussion, give-and-take, word
an exchange of views on some topic
