'Logrolling' definitions:
Definition of 'logrolling'
(from WordNet)
noun
Act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects
noun
Rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) [syn: birling, logrolling]
Definition of 'Logrolling'
From: GCIDE
- Logrolling \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.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: A combining or mutual agreement in which one politician supports or assists another in consideration of receiving assistance in return; wheeling and dealing; -- sometimes used of a disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or ends. [Cant, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'logrolling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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