palaver

[1]	chatter , piffle , prate , tittle-tattle , twaddle , clack , maunder , prattle , blab , gibber , tattle , blabber , gabble
[2]	chatter , wheedle , cajole , babble , jabber , blarney , blather/blether , coax , sweet-talk , gossip , prattle , inveigle , prate , chit-chat , gabble , (Brit) natter , witter , (Colloq) jaw , chin-wag , (US/Canadian) shoot the breeze , (Slang) yack , yackety-yack
[3]	confer , consult , discuss , parley , talk , converse , powwow , meet , get together , sit down (together) , confabulate , negotiate , (Colloq) confab , huddle , chew the fat/the rag

[1]	blandishment , nuisance , procedure , cajolery , red tape , to-do , rigmarole/rigamarole , (Colloq) song and dance , bother , nonsense , business , carry-on , performance
[2]	chatter , hot air , empty words , babble , jabber , empty talk , rhetoric , (empty/small) talk , blather/blether , gossip , prating , prattle , prattling , palavering , (Brit) natter , nattering , (Scots) clishmaclaver , (Colloq) jawing , hot air , (Colloq) (Brit) witter , wittering
[3]	parley , talk , conference , discussion , colloquy , conversation , confabulation , meeting , get-together , round table , powwow , (Colloq) confab , huddle , chin-wag