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nouna way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom: legal parlance. speech, especially a formal discussion or debate. talk; parley. Origin of parlanceFrom Anglo-French, dating back to 1570–80; see origin at parle, -ance Words nearby parlanceParks, Rosa, Parkville, parkway, parky, Parl., parlance, parlando, parlay, parle, parley, parleyvoo Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for parlanceIt’s yet another lesson in the virtues of patience—in investor parlance, the buy-and-hold strategy. Investors pull back on vaccine jitters and earnings woes|Bernhard Warner|October 14, 2020|Fortune Or, to put it in their own parlance, DTC startups like to follow in the footsteps of Amazon, and declare themselves customer-obsessed. By being too customer-obsessed, DTC startups are failing their retail employees|Anna Hensel|August 21, 2020|Digiday But Scott, in taking the parlance of the street to the SportsCenter desk, helped affirm its ascendance. Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST It always surprises you to hear the Arabic pronunciation of words that have entered American parlance. Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Reviews seemed to range a short spectrum between turnip (a dud, in the French parlance) and not-a-complete-turnip. We Watch the DSK Sex Romp So You Don’t Have To|Tracy McNicoll|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The campaign finance laws at issue in these cases are what, in First Amendment parlance, are known as content-neutral. The First Amendment Doesn’t Protect the Right to Buy the American Government|Geoffrey R. Stone|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST A “stringer,” in the parlance of foreign correspondents, Sundaram sold stories to The New York Times and the Associated Press. This Week’s Hot Reads: Feb. 24, 2014|Thomas Flynn|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST In Broadway parlance, Bohemia means newspaper and theatrical people. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905|Various A combe, in west of England parlance, is a deep, ravinelike valley. In Unfamiliar England|Thomas Dowler Murphy In the parlance of the Lieutenant, the old horse was indeed "a ripper." Wanderings in India|John Lang "Flagged" is a word which is not so clear, although it has been taken from the railroader's parlance. Tramping with Tramps|Josiah Flynt Parlance, pr′lans, n. speaking: conversation: peculiar manner of conversation. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
British Dictionary definitions for parlance
nouna particular manner of speaking, esp when specialized; idiompolitical parlance archaic any discussion, such as a debate Word Origin for parlanceC16: from Old French, from parler to talk, via Medieval Latin from Late Latin parabola speech, parable; compare parley Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to parlancepatois, argot, jargon, lingo, vernacular, dialect, diction, language, locution, colloquialism, speech, idiosyncrasy, phrase, tongue, expression, talk, provincialism, localism |