The City Commission meets the first and third Wednesday of each month, except in August and legal holidays. The meetings are held in the City Commission Chambers located at 2600 Hollywood Boulevard, Room 219, and they begin at 1 PM. Meeting dates are subject to change. The City observes the following legal holidays:
Trade (gay slang) This article is about slang term. For related meanings, see Rough Trade (disambiguation). Trade (also known as Chow) is a gay slang term originating from Polari and refers to the (usually) casual partner of a gay man or to the genre of such pairings. Men falling in the category of trade are not gay-identified.
trade off. 1. phrasal verb. If you trade off one thing against another, you exchange all or part of one thing for another, as part of a negotiation or compromise. They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling.