horse-tradingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhɔːsˌtreɪ.dɪŋ/us/ˈhɔːrsˌtreɪ.dɪŋ/often disapprovingunofficial discussion in which people make agreements that provide both sides with advantages:
There's been a lot of political horse-trading while the parties try to form a government.
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Debate & discussion
- arena
- compare
- conciliate
- dialectic
- float around
- fly
- fly around
- get down to business idiom
- negotiable
- negotiate
- parley
- powwow
- reason with sb
- reasoning
- sophistry
- speak
- talk sth out
- talk sth over
- toss
- weigh in
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horse-trade
verb [ I ] uk/ˈhɔːs.treɪd/us/ˈhɔːrs.treɪd/disapproving