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The correct spelling is logrolling.
How to pronounce logrolling
/ˈlɒɡˌɹəʊlɪŋ/
verbIPA: /ˈlɒɡˌɹəʊlɪŋ/
Say it like: Log-rol-lin-g
The correct spelling is logrolling. To exchange political favours. For example: "Republicans defeated Democratic efforts to logroll hate crimes legislation into the defense appropriations bill."
Usage Examples
“Republicans defeated Democratic efforts to logroll hate crimes legislation into the defense appropriations bill.”
Meanings
verb
- 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.
- 3.To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl.
- 4.To move like rolling logs.
- 5.To safely move (a body) in an emergency (medical) situation, tilting them up, then laying them on a transport surface.
noun
- 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.
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