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horse trade

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horse-trad·ing (hôrstrdng)
n.
Negotiation characterized by hard bargaining and shrewd exchange: political horse-trading.

horse trade n.
horse-trade v.
horse trader n.
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Noun1.horse trade - the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining)
barter, swap, swop, trade - an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter"


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When you hear horse enthusiasts, racers and breeders arguing that slaughter is a better option than other "disposal" methods for when their equine charges are old and tired, it becomes evident that the horse trade is yet another human enterprise driven by profits and with no good answer for what to do when its "product" has outlived its usefulness.
In the Old West, horse trades were settled with a handshake and a man's word.
In studying the Arabs who settled in the Lesser Sunda Islands in the nineteenth century, William Gervase Clarence-Smith concentrates on the horse trade, which they dominated.
 
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