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Pourparler, pōōr-p�r′lā, n. a conference to arrange for some important transaction, as the formation of a treaty.

Whatever may be the nature of the pourparler, it must be based on the conviction that neither legal contention nor diplomatic dispute will ever settle the vexed question.

It was only after these inquiries that, to use a diplomatic phrase, pourparler for negotiations began.

Gwen seemed tolerant of Voltaire, as a pourparler.

He goes to have a pourparler with the Pope.