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

The transition from agricultural employment to factory employment involved wrenching mass migration, the utter misery of the Great Depression (as well as other brutal recessions, now faded from collective memory), and the painful dealmaking of the New Deal. —Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026

This week, CERAWeek, one of the most important global energy industry conferences, has kicked off, typically one of the most active dealmaking windows of the year. —CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026

The video comes as Ellison is remaking Paramount through a flurry of dealmaking. —Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026

As conflict hits the Gulf, investors into and out of the region are adapting to a new reality of dealmaking. —Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 5 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dealmaking

• awaking
• backbreaking
• bookmaking
• breathtaking
• brickmaking
• caretaking
• dressmaking
• filmmaking
• forsaking
• glassmaking
• groundbreaking
• haymaking