التَّرَاوُضُ

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التَّرَاوُضُVI in selling and buying is syn. with التَّحَاذِى; i. e. The increasing [of the sum offered] and diminishing [of the sum demanded] which take place between the two parties bargaining; as though each of them were making his companion easy and tractable; from الرِّيَاضَةُ as Verbal.Noun of رَاضَ in the first of the senses expl. above. In the phrase تَرَاوَضَا السِّلْعَةَ, meaning They coaxed, wheedled, beguiled, or deluded, each other, with respect to the article of merchandise, [in the manner explained above, or otherwise,] the omission of the prep. [فِى] requires consideration. You say also, تَرَاوَضَا فِى الأَمْرِ They practised dissimulation, or showed feigned affection, each to the other, in, or respecting, the thing, or affair; as also تَنَاظَرَا: (TK in art. نظر:) التَّرَاوُضُ فِى الأَمْرِ is syn. with التَّنَاظُرُ. (M and K in art. نظر.)

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