LOGROLLING


Meaning of LOGROLLING in English

n. US 1 colloq. the practice of exchanging favours, esp. (in politics) of exchanging votes to mutual benefit.

2 a sport in which two contestants stand on a floating log and try to knock each other off.

Derivatives:

logroll v.intr. & tr. logroller n.

Etymology: polit. sense f. phr. you roll my log and I'll roll yours

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.