palaver
noun
a conference or discussion.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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They will palaver now; they know they have got us in a trap, and they will wait till night.
From In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty