negotiating tables
Where deals happen
A negotiating table is where opposing parties sit down to work out agreements—labor disputes, peace treaties, business deals.
The phrase emphasizes formal, face-to-face discussion: Both sides finally came to the negotiating table.
To bring someone to the negotiating table is to get them to engage in talks they've been avoiding.
- parleyDiscussion between opposing sides
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- roundtablesEgalitarian group discussions
- neutral groundUnbiased meeting space
compromise · good faith · agreement · conference · concession · olive branch · accords · summit · arbitration · mediation · sticking points · treaties · meeting · Geneva · delegates · high stakes · Camp David · consensus-building
negotiating tablesbattlefields
Sites of military engagement
battlegrounds · war zones · combat zones · theaters of war · trenches
negotiating tablescourtrooms
Judicial hearing spaces
boxing rings · arenas · streets · back alleys
negotiating tablesisolation
Complete separation from others
stonewalling · walkouts · closed doors · sanctions · embargoes
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