brokered convention
noun U.S. Politics.
a party convention in which many delegates are pledged to favorite sons who use their blocs of votes to bargain with leading candidates who lack a majority of delegate support.
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broken water, broken wind, broker, brokerage, broker-dealer, brokered convention, broking, brolga, brolly, brom-, bromal
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