negotiating table

English

Etymology

First known use 1950s.

Noun

negotiating table (plural negotiating tables) (usually singular)

A place or table where people carry out negotiations, with the object of reaching an agreement.

Hypernyms

table

Translations

place for negotiations

Finnish: neuvottelupöytä (fi)
German: Verhandlungstisch (de) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forhandlingsbord n

Nynorsk: forhandlingsbord n

Swedish: förhandlingsbord n
Turkish: müzakere masası

References

“negotiating table” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.
“negotiating table” (US) / “negotiating table” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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