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

dealmaking adjective

learned some dealmaking skills along the way

… that's the life of the dealmaking, world-shaking chief executive.

—James Surowiecki

Examples of dealmaking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And after three decades as a Black woman climbing the ladder in the former capital of the Confederacy, Lucas felt she had been shut out of the dealmaking process. —Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024

Nvidia declined to comment when asked about Huang’s criteria for meeting with founders during the dealmaking process. —Richard Nieva, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024

In the decades that followed, Mr. Peltz’s career mirrored the history of modern dealmaking. —Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024

But for critics, Mnuchin’s dealmaking also raises concerns about ethics. —Stan Choe, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024

His corny jokes landed; his pleas for bipartisan dealmaking sounded genuine and constructive—and contrasted well with the Republican hecklers newly ascendant in the House. —Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024

There has been a flurry of major merger and acquisition announcements, signaling that dealmaking is kicking into high gear in 2024 after a relatively slow start to the year. —Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024

Those deals consumed less than a quarter of the funds that Savvy has available for further dealmaking. —David Bloom, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024

Courtesy of McKinsey There’s a growing appetite for strategic dealmaking. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above