dealmaking
noun
deal·mak·ing
ˈdēl-ˌmā-kiŋ 
: the act or process of making deals or agreements
His artistry ran far more to political dealmaking than to personal fortune hunting …—
Sean Wilentz
Sean Wilentz
dealmaking
adjective
learned some dealmaking skills along the way
… that's the life of the dealmaking, world-shaking chief executive.
—James Surowiecki
James Surowiecki
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Ultimately, there are reasons to be optimistic about the current and future state of dealmaking.
—Rusty Wiley, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
On the domestic side, the Sundance Film Festival had some of its slowest dealmaking in recent memory.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
Over time, their resilience tends to erode when civic and business leaders or the public fail to make use of them, sapping the relevance of fair-minded readings of laws and procedures relative to frenzied dealmaking between individual organizations and an executive branch inclined to coercion.
—Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2025
Sources say that dealmaking is still being finalized to give Sheridan a carve out from his Paramount pact to render screenwriting and producorial duties.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
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Rusty Wiley, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
On the domestic side, the Sundance Film Festival had some of its slowest dealmaking in recent memory.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
Over time, their resilience tends to erode when civic and business leaders or the public fail to make use of them, sapping the relevance of fair-minded readings of laws and procedures relative to frenzied dealmaking between individual organizations and an executive branch inclined to coercion.
—Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2025
Sources say that dealmaking is still being finalized to give Sheridan a carve out from his Paramount pact to render screenwriting and producorial duties.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for dealmaking
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“Dealmaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dealmaking. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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