Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

arbitration n
arbitrator n
arena n (ACTIVITY)
bargain v
beard v
broach v (BEGIN)
broker v
conciliation n, at conciliate v
confer v (TALK)
consult v
contentious adj
controversial adj
controversialist n
debate n
debate v
devil's advocate n
dialogue n
discursive adj
discuss v
discussion n
explore v
forum n (MEETING)
free collective bargaining n
give and take n
honest broker n
horse-trading n
hot adj (CAUSING DISAGREEMENT)
interchange n (EXCHANGE)
interchange v
liaise v
moot adj (DISCUSSION)
negotiable adj (DISCUSSED)
negotiate v (DISCUSS)
parley n
polemic n
powwow n
proposer n
sophism n
sophistry n
special pleading n
sticking point n
tendentious adj
well argued adj
dialog, at dialogue n
at issue
be no reasoning with sb
talk business, politics, etc.
talks
words
get down to business idiom
compare notes idiom
no ifs and buts idiom
talk turkey idiom
no ifs, ands or buts, at no ifs and buts idiom

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