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HORSE-TRADE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horse-trade mean?
• HORSE-TRADE (verb)
The verb HORSE-TRADE has 1 sense:
1. negotiate with much give and take
Familiarity information: HORSE-TRADE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Negotiate with much give and take
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "horse-trade" is one way to...):
negociate (confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue horse-trade
Sam wants to horse-trade with Sue
Derivation:
horse trading (negotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining)
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