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bro'kered conven'tion



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. Cf. open convention.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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