as in to negotiate
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
I horse-traded with the painter: I did his tax returns, and he did my kitchen
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Recent Examples of horse-trade
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune Crypto,
4 Oct. 2023
The blandishments McCarthy might have offered to horse trade his way to the speakership — fancy titles, perks, a fundraising appearance — meant little to those Republican holdouts who would like nothing more than to burn Washington to the ground.
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Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2023
Congress, by contrast, can hold wide-ranging hearings, issue subpoenas, survey and even commission empirical research, weigh fiscal trade-offs, consider constituent popularity, balance different values and interests, horse trade, negotiate, and forge compromises.
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Ian MacDougall,
Harper’s Magazine ,
28 Sep. 2022
Krikorian, from the restrictionist Center for Immigration Studies, argued DACA recipients could have gotten green cards by now, if Democrats had been willing to horse trade for tougher enforcement.
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Dallas News,
18 July 2022
In the early 1960s, the bistate agency took over what was then the struggling Hudson and Manhattan Railroad as part of a horse trade between New Jersey and New York that committed the Port to build the first World Trade Center.
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Paul Berger,
WSJ,
30 Nov. 2018
And Paul George finally escaped Indiana, albeit to a dark-horse trade partner in the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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Peter Dawson and [email protected],
star-telegram,
13 Dec. 2017
Noun
The rising profile of McHenry and Emmer is likely bullish for crypto bills, as both work to convince Democrats on their committee—and their counterparts over in the Senate—to horse trade over stablecoin and market structure legislation.
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Leo Schwartz,
Fortune Crypto,
4 Oct. 2023
The blandishments McCarthy might have offered to horse trade his way to the speakership — fancy titles, perks, a fundraising appearance — meant little to those Republican holdouts who would like nothing more than to burn Washington to the ground.
—
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2023
Congress, by contrast, can hold wide-ranging hearings, issue subpoenas, survey and even commission empirical research, weigh fiscal trade-offs, consider constituent popularity, balance different values and interests, horse trade, negotiate, and forge compromises.
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Ian MacDougall,
Harper’s Magazine ,
28 Sep. 2022
Krikorian, from the restrictionist Center for Immigration Studies, argued DACA recipients could have gotten green cards by now, if Democrats had been willing to horse trade for tougher enforcement.
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Dallas News,
18 July 2022
In the early 1960s, the bistate agency took over what was then the struggling Hudson and Manhattan Railroad as part of a horse trade between New Jersey and New York that committed the Port to build the first World Trade Center.
—
Paul Berger,
WSJ,
30 Nov. 2018
And Paul George finally escaped Indiana, albeit to a dark-horse trade partner in the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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Peter Dawson and [email protected],
star-telegram,
13 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horse-trade
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But Iran denied making any new commitments on monitoring, with state media reporting that Tehran did not negotiate the nuclear issue during 18 hours of discussions.
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The Heat and other NBA teams have been allowed to negotiate with their own impending free agents since June 14 — the day after the last game of the NBA Finals.
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Milei named Adorni as Cabinet chief last year, giving him huge influence over negotiations with governors and other stakeholders in Congress.
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That agreement set a 60-day period for negotiations on key issues, including the future of Tehran’s nuclear program amid concerns that Iran wants to use it for military purposes, a claim the country denies.
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And then hours later, both of those picks were gone, with Florida dealing those selections, plus two more — another first-round pick earmarked for the 2029 draft and a second-round pick in 2027 — in its blockbuster deal to acquire star forward Brady Tkachuk from the Ottawa Senators.
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Two picks in the top 10 and four in the top 25 have already transferred possession, with two of those selections being dealt twice in addition to a pick swap in another trade.
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By the end of the meeting, however, signs of a compromise had emerged.
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The compromise made acquiescing to the Southern states allowed the slave trade to continue for another two decades.
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The measure could potentially pose a problem with collective bargaining because the governor’s administration is ostensibly bargaining on behalf of all agencies, said Tim Yeung, a public sector labor expert.
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Lind’s ideal ignores what workers have actually bargained for in the United States, and what pro-worker social democracies already provide.
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Cash App's parent Block added Polygon as a settlement option, and payroll provider Deel turned on stablecoin payouts that let companies pay staff in dozens of countries at once.
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Consumers with questions or want additional information can visit the settlement website's FAQ page.
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Kaplan hopes better understanding of that pathway eventually could help skin diseases such as chronic eczema.
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After my first World Cup, my understanding of my grandparents’ home country became one-dimensional, existing solely through the lens of soccer.
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Ensuring unobstructed transit was Iran’s main concession to the US.
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General managers have often viewed no-move clauses as a sign of mutual trust rather than merely a contractual concession.
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“Horse-trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse-trade. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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