12 Results for *logroll*
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หรือค้นหา: logroll, -logroll-
| logrolling | การช่วยกันเข็น (ร่างกฎหมาย) [รัฐศาสตร์ ๑๗ ส.ค. ๒๕๔๔] |
| logroll | (v) work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes |
| logrolling | (n) act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects |
| birling | (n) rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport), Syn. logrolling |
| Logroll | v. i. & t. To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling. [ Political cant, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Logroller | n. One who engages in logrolling. [ Political cant, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ] The jobbers and logrollers will all be against it. The. Nation. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Logrolling | 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 ] |
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