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Definition of horse-trade in English:

horse-trade

intransitive verb

[no object]

  • Engage in hard and shrewd bargaining, especially in politics.

    ‘party leaders horse-trade to try to construct fragile coalitions’
    • ‘the state horse-trades constantly with the private sector’
    • ‘the destiny of the people was horse-traded at the Vienna Congress’

Pronunciation

horse-trade

/ˈhôrsˌtrād/ /ˈhɔrsˌtreɪd/