parley
noun
a discussion or conference.
parleying
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present participleof parley.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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A comeback means nothing without the proper follow-through; it only officially reaches completion when the party in question cements their newfound legitimacy by parleying it into a more protracted stretch of success.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2017
And, not that I’m complaining, the PS4 and Xbox One are basically cheap midrange PCs, parleying the lingua franca of a decades-old gaming paradigm interface-wise.
From Time ● Nov. 26, 2014
Right after the elections, the L.D.P. announced that it would select a new leader by ballot rather than through the kind of back-room parleying that brought Noboru Takeshita and Sousuke Uno to power.
From Time Magazine Archive
Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger and North Viet Nam's Le Due Tho have spent more than 45 hours parleying in Paris during the past month, trying to salvage last January's Indochina cease-fire agreement.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some parleying was audible in the hall, and soon the new-comer entered.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
