| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bargaining |
| Synonyms: | agreement, arbitration, colloquy, compromise, conference, consultation, debate, diplomacy, discussion, intervention, mediation, meeting, transaction |
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, bond, business, compact, contract, convention, covenant, deal, engagement, negotiation, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding |
| Main Entry: | diplomacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tact |
| Synonyms: | address, artfulness, craft, delicacy, delicatesse, discretion, expedience, finesse, negotiation, poise, politics, savoir-faire, skill, statecraft, subtlety |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, impoliteness, rudeness |
| Main Entry: | hearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opportunity to present views, knowledge, or skill |
| Synonyms: | admittance, attendance, attention, audience, audit, audition, chance, conference, congress, consultation, council, discussion, inquiry, interview, investigation, meeting, negotiation, notice, parley, performance, presentation, reception, review, test, trial, tryout |
| Main Entry: | mediation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to bring to agreement |
| Synonyms: | arbitration, conciliation, intercession, interposition, intervention, negotiation, reconciliation |
| Antonyms: | argument, contention, disagreement, fight |
| Main Entry: | sale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exchange of object for money |
| Synonyms: | auction, barter, business, buying, clearance, closeout, commerce, consuming, deal, demand, disposal, dumping, enterprise, marketing, negotiation, purchase, purchasing, reduction, selling, trade, transaction, unloading, vending, vendition |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discussion |
| Synonyms: | argument, colloquy, conclave, confabulation, conference, consultation, conversation, deliberation, dialogue, earful, encounter, eyeball-to-eyeball, huddle, interlocution, interview, meeting, negotiation, palaver, parlance, parley, powwow, seminar, spiel*, straight talk, symposium, ventilation, visit |
| Antonyms: | silence |
| Main Entry: | transaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business dealing; undertaking |
| Synonyms: | act, action, activity, affair, agreement, bargain, bond, business, buying, compact, contract, convention, coup, covenant, deal, deed, disposal, doings, enterprise, event, execution, goings-on, happening, intercourse, matter, negotiation, occurrence, pact, performance, play, proceeding, purchase, purchasing, sale, selling, step |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | treaty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, contract |
| Synonyms: | accord, alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, cartel, charter, compact, concord, concordat, convention, covenant, deal, entente, league, negotiation, pact, reconciliation, sanction, settlement, understanding |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |