pourparler
noun
an informal preliminary conference.
pourparlers
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pluralof pourparler.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It was accompanied last week by important pourparlers for Franco-Russian cooperation, economic as well as military.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were pourparlers and offers, so that last week Gold Dust's President George K. Morrow need merely put through a telephone call to the Rockefeller counsel.
From Time Magazine Archive
For myself I never doubted that the result of our pourparlers would be satisfactory, and so it is.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Agreed!” said Arthur; “that is only fair. And now that the pourparlers are over, may I ask what it is we are to do?”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Then there were various "pourparlers," and they finally did what they should have done at first, enlarged the circle, so that we were out of the crowd and near the Court.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
