as in bargaining
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as in negotiation
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as in negotiating
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 trading
Tom Kertscher, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
There’s plenty of horse-trading still to do, but the fundamentals of their $20 trillion economy are set.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 30 July 2025
Noun
Both sides have priorities, and there is horse trading and eventually compromise, at least on some issues.
—Tom Kertscher, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
This horse-trading process lacks any moral code or transparency.
—Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
There’s plenty of horse-trading still to do, but the fundamentals of their $20 trillion economy are set.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 30 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horse trading
Verb
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Schumer on Saturday persisted in arguing that Republicans should accept a one-year extension of the subsidies before negotiating the future of the tax credits.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer argues Republicans should accept a one-year extension of the subsidies before negotiating the future of the tax credits.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The Jets kept Hall after the trade deadline despite dealing Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2026
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With the ball, and with quarterback Jordan Love dealing.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Allina and Doctors Council-SEIU have been bargaining a first contract since February of 2024.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
5 Nov. 2025
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That’s true so long as the two sides are bargaining in good faith.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In classrooms, this suggests that opportunities for social interaction – for instance, children listening to their classmates’ ideas and haggling over what is true and why – can support brain health and academic learning.—
Niral Shah,
The Conversation,
15 Dec. 2025
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Khan was left with a handful of family members and loyalists haggling for a weekly prison meeting.—
Mohammed Hanif,
Time,
1 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The prosecutor told jurors that Flores had been bickering with and mocking the man, who was heavily restrained and moving slowly, while escorting him to a courthouse holding cell after the man had a court hearing last August.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jennifer Aniston’s Alex Levy, Reese Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson, and the other members of The Morning Show’s newsroom and its network are once again bickering and backstabbing.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Horse trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse%20trading. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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