horsetrade
horsetrade verb: to negotiate informally, especially when bargaining or reciprocal concessions are included, frequently regarding politics.
Verb
horsetrade (third-person singular simple present horsetrades, present participle horsetrading, simple past and past participle horsetraded)
- To negotiate informally, especially when bargaining or reciprocal concessions are included, frequently regarding politics.
- Nobody appeared to have told [Woodrow] Wilson that [William F.] McCombs had, in fact, already horsetraded the position to [Thomas R.] Marshall in exchange for Indiana's votes.2013, A. Scott Berg, Wilson, Penguin, →ISBN
horsetrade meaning in Bengali and Malayalam
horsetrade in Bengali
- অনানুষ্ঠানিকভাবে আলোচনা করা
horsetrade in Malayalam
- horsetrade
- കുതിരക്കച്ചവടം kutirakkaccavaṭaṁ
Forms of horsetrade
| third-person singular present | horsetrades |
|---|---|
| present participle | horsetrading |
| past participle | horsetraded |
| past | horsetraded |
Origin of horsetrade
From horse + trade.
Questions about horsetrade
- What does horsetrade mean?
- Horsetrade means to negotiate informally, especially when bargaining or reciprocal concessions are included, frequently regarding politics.
- What is horsetrade in Bengali?
- Horsetrade in Bengali is অনানুষ্ঠানিকভাবে আলোচনা করা. See Horsetrade meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is horsetrade?
- Horsetrade is a verb.
- What is the past tense of horsetrade?
- The past tense of horsetrade is horsetraded.
Words near horsetrade in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: horsetrade (page history and authors); horsetrade (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കുതിരക്കച്ചവടം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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