Parlance Meaning

/ˈpɑː.ləns/
C2

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nounA certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.

nounOf a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang.

Cindy thinks that my parlance is entertaining.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In legal ____, the term plaintiff means the person who brings a case.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In legal ____, the term 'consideration' refers to something of value exchanged in a contract.

From Middle English *parlaunce, from Anglo-Norman parlance, parlaunce, from parler (“to talk”) + -ance.

"To my childish fancy, it had seemed an imaginary flag-staff, or, in rustic parlance, the "liberty pole" of some former generation […]" — 1836, James Fenimore Cooper, "Eclipse":
"We approach the contest, still known in the common parlance of the country, as "the first Pennimite War."" — 1845, Charles Miner, History of Wyoming, Letter IX:
"The tourist's impression of the country to-day is that of a transported Holland, in which the official language is Dutch and the parlance of the people is "taki-taki."" — 1909, William Elliot Griffis, The Story of New Netherland, Chapter 22:
"At first she "ran a temperature" in American parlance, and I could not resist the exquisite caloricity of unexpected delights—Venus febriculosa—though it was a very languid Lolita that moaned and coughed and shivered in my embrace." — 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 12, in Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 2, page 200:
"Its use at a variety of levels, including the individual and organisational level, make it a varied term that has parlance in organisational development, performance management and talent management." — 2020, Stanley Oluka, Performance Management System and Employee Performance in Amuria Health Centre IV, Eastern Uganda:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
In legal ____, the term plaintiff means the person who brings a case.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In legal ____, the term 'consideration' refers to something of value exchanged in a contract.

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