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Meaning of logrolling

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

logrolling

Pronunciation:/ˈlɒɡˌɹəʊlɪŋ//ˈlɑɡˌɹoʊlɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To exchange political favours.

  2. To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.

    Example: Republicans defeated Democratic efforts to logroll hate crimes legislation into the defense appropriations bill.

  3. To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl.

  4. To move like rolling logs.

noun

Definitions

  1. The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs.

  2. (US politics) A concerted effort to push forward mutually advantageous legislative agendas by combining two items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.

  3. Mutual recommendation of friends' or colleagues' services or products, such as book recommendations in literary reviews.