About The Word Logrolling
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Logrolling
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What's The Definition Of Logrolling?
[n] rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
[n] act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects Synonyms | Synonyms for Logrolling: birling Related Terms | Find terms related to Logrolling: backscratching | barter | cloture | committee consideration | debate | deliberation | division | even trade | filibuster | filibustering | filing | first reading | influence peddling | introduction | lobbying | lobbyism | political influence | pork barrel | public opinion | roll call | second reading | social pressure | special-interest pressure | steamroller methods | swap | swapping | switch | tabling | talkathon | third reading | trade | trading | vote | wire-pulling See Also | exchange | spin | twirl | twist | twisting | whirl Logrolling In Webster's Dictionary \Log"roll`ing\, n.
1. (Logging) The act or process of rolling logs from the
place where they were felled to the stream which floats
them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor
neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other
in turn. --Longfellow. [U.S.]
2. Hence: A combining to assist another in consideration of
receiving assistance in return; -- sometimes used of a
disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or
ends. [Cant, U.S.]
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