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Definitions for LOGROLLING
ˈlɔgˌroʊ lɪŋ, ˈlɒg-logrolling

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. logrollingnoun

    act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects

  2. birling, logrollingnoun

    rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)

Wiktionary

  1. logrollingnoun

    The rolling of logs.

  2. logrollingnoun

    A concerted effort to push forward mutually advantageous legislative agendas.

  3. logrollingnoun

    Mutual recommendation of friends' or colleagues' services or products. Commonly used in the context of book recommendations in literary reviews etc.

  4. Etymology: log + rolling, from the practice of neighbors helping each other roll logs to build a community fire.

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  1. logrolling

    Logrolling refers to the practice of exchanging favors or support, particularly among politicians or political parties, where they mutually agree to support each other's policies or interests. This can also refer to a technique used in group decision-making processes, negotiations, or collective bargaining. In a broader context, logrolling may imply any act of reciprocal assistance or encouragement.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Logrollingnoun

    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

  2. Logrollingnoun

    hence: A combining to assist another in consideration of receiving assistance in return; -- sometimes used of a disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or ends

Wikidata

  1. Logrolling

    Logrolling is the trading of favors, or quid pro quo, such as vote trading by legislative members to obtain passage of actions of interest to each legislative member. In an academic context, the Nuttall Encyclopedia describes log-rolling as "mutual praise by authors of each other's work." In organizational analysis, it refer to when an entity assists others to promote and achieve their agendas, in the expectation that they will receive such support in exchange.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of LOGROLLING in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of LOGROLLING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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