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horse-trade
verb[ I ]
often disapprovinguk /ˈhɔːs.treɪd/ us /ˈhɔːrs.treɪd/
to have unofficial discussions in which people make agreements that provide both sides with advantages: （私下里进行的对双方都有好处的）讨价还价
She understood that you can't always have everything you want and that you have to horse-trade sometimes.她明白，你不可能总是拥有你想要的一切，有时你必须讨价还价。
He constantly had to horse trade to get results.他不得不不断地讨价还价才能得到结果。
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horse-trading
He was widely believed to have horse-traded with the paper's editor.
It would be better if we horse-traded, because that really is how business gets done.
In other democracies, they figure out how to horse trade and compromise.
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