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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Parley \Par"ley\, n.; pl. Parleys. [F. parler speech, talk,
     fr. parler to speak, LL. parabolare, fr. L. parabola a
     comparison, parable, in LL., a word. See Parable, and cf.
     Parliament, Parlor.]
     Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral
     conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           We yield on parley, but are stormed in vain. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     To beat a parley (Mil.), to beat a drum, or sound a
        trumpet, as a signal for holding a conference with the
        enemy.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Parley \Par"ley\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Parleyed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Parleying.]
     To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual
     concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer
     orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an
     exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           They are at hand,
           To parley or to fight; therefore prepare. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Parley \Par"ley\, n.; pl. Parleys. [F. parler speech, talk,
     fr. parler to speak, LL. parabolare, fr. L. parabola a
     comparison, parable, in LL., a word. See Parable, and cf.
     Parliament, Parlor.]
     Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral
     conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.
  
           We yield on parley, but are stormed in vain. --Dryden.
  
     To beat a parley (Mil.), to beat a drum, or sound a
        trumpet, as a signal for holding a conference with the
        enemy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Parley \Par"ley\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Parleyed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Parleying.]
     To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual
     concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer
     orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an
     exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace.
  
           They are at hand, To parley or to fight; therefore
           prepare.                                 --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  parley
       n : a negotiation between enemies
       v : discuss, as between enemies

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  parley
     alt.
     (l en parlay)
     n.
     A conference, especially one between enemy.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between
  enemy.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  parley
     alt.
     (l en parlay)
     n.
     A conference, especially one between enemy.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between
  enemy.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  parley
     alt.
     (l en parlay)
     n.
     A conference, especially one between enemy.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between
  enemy.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  parley
     alt.
     (l en parlay)
     n.
     A conference, especially one between enemy.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between
  enemy.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  parley
     Engelska n.
     (tagg militärt språk=en) underhandling
     Engelska vb.
     (tagg militärt språk=en) underhandla

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Parley /pˈɑːli/
  المفاوضة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  parley //ˈpɑɹli// //ˈpɑːleɪ// //ˈpɑːlɪ// 
  преговори
  conference, especially one between enemies

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  parley //ˈpɑɹli// //ˈpɑːleɪ// //ˈpɑːlɪ// 
  преговарям
  discuss

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  parley /pˈɑːli/ 
  vyjednávat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  parley /pˈɑːli/ 
  vyjednávání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  parley /pˈɑːli/
   [dated] Friedensgespräch , Unterredung zur Konfliktbereinigung [pol.]

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  parley /pˈɑːli/
  
  συνθηκολόγηση, διαπραγμάτευση

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  parley /pˈɑːli/ 
  1. संधि वार्ता करना
        "The king sent a messenger to the enemy camp to parley."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  parley /pˈɑːli/
  dogovarati se, konferencija, pregovaranje, rasprava, raspravljati, sastanak

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  parley /pˈɑːli/
  1. tárgyalás
  2. egyezkedés
  3. vita

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  parley /pˈɑːli/
  1. toplantı, tartışma, münakaşa, mükâleme
  2. ateşkes devresinde düşman ile barış görüşmeleri yapmak
  3. özellikle düşmanla müzakere etmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɑɹɫi/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  104 Moby Thesaurus words for "parley":
     admonition, advice, advise with, advising, advocacy, audience,
     bargain, bargaining, bargaining session, briefing, call in,
     calumet, caution, caveat, collogue, colloquium, colloquy,
     compare notes, conclave, confab, confabulation, confer,
     confer with, conference, confrontation, congress, consult,
     consult with, consultation, convention, council, council fire,
     council of war, counsel, deal, deliberate, deliberation, dialogue,
     direction, discuss, discuss with, discussion, downing of arms,
     empty hands, exchange observations, exchange of views,
     exchange views, exhortation, expostulation,
     eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, flag of truce, guidance,
     hand of friendship, have conversations, high-level talk,
     hold conference, hortation, huddle, idea, instruction,
     interchange of views, interview, meeting, monition, negotiate,
     negotiations, news conference, offer of parley, olive branch,
     opinion, outstretched hand, palaver, peace feelers, peace offer,
     peace offering, peace pipe, pipe of peace, pourparler, powwow,
     press conference, propitiatory gift, proposal, put heads together,
     reason with, recommendation, refer to, remonstrance, seance,
     session, sit down together, sit down with, sitting, suggestion,
     summit, summit conference, summitry, take counsel, take up with,
     talk over, talks, thought, truce flag, warning, white flag
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.谈判

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 会谈,谈判
     vi. 会谈,谈判
     vt. 讲

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