parley

Etymology

From Middle English parlai (“speech, parley”), from Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), from Late Latin parabolō, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παρά (pará, “beside”) with βολή (bolḗ, “throwing”). Doublet of palaver.

noun

1. A conference, especially one between enemies.
   Without further parley Garland rode off up the hog's-back and the sheriff rode off down it … 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart
   In the highest-level parley of leaders of the two countries since the accident, President Obama is to meet with Pakistan’s prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, on Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea, after a nuclear security conference there, to discuss Afghanistan and other security issues. 2012-03-24, Eric Schmitt, “U.S. Plans No Charges Over Deadly Strike in Pakistan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

verb

1. (intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.
   … at day break we found the villaine, who, loath to parlee in fire and ſhot, fled amaine and left us … 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
   Jack "parlayed" with them until he had completed his task, and then he closed the gate in their faces. 1865, “Tom the Giant—His Wife Jane, and Jack the Tinkeard, as Told by the ‘Drolls’”, in Robert Hunt, editor, Popular Romances of the West of England; or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall (First Series), London: John Camden Hotten,[…], →OCLC, page 45