horse-trade



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horse-trade

To negotiate, trade, or bargain in a shrewd, judicious manner. Primarily heard in US. You'll have to excuse my cousin, he hasn't had the patience to horse-trade ever since he started working on Wall Street.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ataullah-Arabic
Ignaasikh-NAH:SDutch
PattiPAT-eeEnglish
NorrisNAWR-isEnglish
Borislavbah-ree-SLAHF (Russian)Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Fishel-Yiddish