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[horse trade]
{n.} 1. The sale of a horse or the exchange of twohorses.
It was a horse
trade in which the owner of the worse animalgave a rifle to make the trade
equal.
2. {informal} A businessagreement or bargain arrived at after hard and
skillful discussion.
Party leaders went around for months making horse trades
to getsupport for their candidate.
The horse trade finally called for anew
car for the radio station in exchange for several weeks ofadvertising for the
car dealer.
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