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overture

noun/ˈəʊvətjʊə/

C1CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

An opening approach or proposal intended to start talks.

The rival firm made a quiet overture about a merger.

Similar: approach, opening

Origin: Old French overture 'opening'.

Topic: Negotiation in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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