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S: (v) hash out, discuss, talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion) "We discussed our household budget"

S: (v) negociate, negotiate, talk terms (discuss the terms of an arrangement) "They negotiated the sale of the house"

S: (v) intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate (act between parties with a view to reconciling differences) "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"
S: (v) renegociate, renegotiate (revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor) "We renegociated our old mortgage now that the interest rates have come down"

S: (v) roll over (negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee) "roll over a loan"

S: (v) dicker, bargain (negotiate the terms of an exchange) "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar"

S: (v) haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster (wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)) "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"

S: (v) beat down, bargain down (persuade the seller to accept a lower price) "She beat the merchant down $100"

S: (v) negociate (confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement) "The parties negociated all night"

S: (v) renegociate, renegotiate (negociate anew) "The two warring parties will have to renegociate"
S: (v) treat (engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement) "they had to treat with the King"
S: (v) horse-trade (negotiate with much give and take)
S: (v) parley (discuss, as between enemies)

S: (v) palaver (have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds)

S: (v) vex (subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation) "vex the subject of the death penalty"

S: (v) consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate (think about carefully; weigh) "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

S: (v) see (deliberate or decide) "See whether you can come tomorrow"; "let's see--which movie should we see tonight?"
S: (v) premeditate (consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand) "premeditated murder"
S: (v) debate (argue with one another) "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"
S: (v) wrestle (engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate) "I wrestled with this decision for years"
S: (v) think twice (consider and reconsider carefully) "Think twice before you have a child"

S: (v) bandy, kick around (discuss lightly) "We bandied around these difficult questions"
S: (v) moderate, chair, lead (preside over) "John moderated the discussion"
S: (v) rede, advise, counsel (give advice to) "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"

S: (v) urge, urge on, press, exhort (force or impel in an indicated direction) "I urged him to finish his studies"

S: (v) rush, hurry (urge to an unnatural speed) "Don't rush me, please!"
S: (v) push, bear on (press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action) "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"

S: (v) preach, advocate (speak, plead, or argue in favor of) "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"

S: (v) sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise (speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements) "This man always sermonizes"

S: (v) dissuade, deter (turn away from by persuasion) "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

S: (v) warn, discourage, admonish, monish (advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior) "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
S: (v) tip off, tip (give insider information or advise to) "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot"
S: (v) misadvise, misguide (give bad advice to)
S: (v) propound (put forward, as of an idea)
S: (v) consult (advise professionally) "The professor consults for industry"
S: (v) contraindicate (make a treatment inadvisable)

S: (v) confer, confabulate, confab, consult (have a conference in order to talk something over) "We conferred about a plan of action"

S: (v) cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address (act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression) "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"

S: (v) theologize, theologise (treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character)
S: (v) discourse, talk about, discuss (to consider or examine in speech or writing) "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"

S: (v) descant (talk at great length about something of one's interest)
S: (v) talk shop (discuss matters that are related to work) "As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop"

S: (v) bandy about (discuss casually) "bandy about an idea"
S: (v) thrash out, hammer out (discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement) "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement"