Definition of "horse-trade" [horse-trade]

• To negotiate with much give and take. (verb)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "Three of four terms in, you co-sponsor your first legislation, get some face time on cable news, bring home some serious pork because you were willing to horse-trade."
• "It is not any economic argument but a political horse-trade which has led to the line that Britain can prosper launching a sack race among small firms."
• "Politicians are able to pander, horse-trade and attack their way to electoral victory even as they drive down participation in, and drive up distrust of, the system."