negotiation

noun

1 the negotiations are due to resume in Geneva next week:

discussion(s), talks, consultation(s), parleying, deliberation(s), conference, debate, dialogue;

mediation, arbitration, intercession, conciliation;

bargaining, haggling, wheeling and dealing, dickering.

2 the negotiation of the deal:

working out, discussing the terms of, arrangement, arranging, thrashing out, hammering out, brokering;

settlement, conclusion, completion, clinching, pulling off, bringing off, transaction.