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

Trump's New York real estate-style dealmaking, where the two big bosses sit down and hammer out an agreement, doesn't work well with China, Wang said. —Arkansas Online, 3 June 2025

Comfort Ero, president and CEO of the International Crisis Group, cautioned that economic dealmaking would not resolve some of the entrenched conflicts facing the continent. —Laura Kelly, The Hill, 9 May 2025

View Comments Some on Wall Street are hoping the Google-Wiz deal will represent the start of a recovery in dealmaking, which has dried up in recent months amid turbulence in financial markets and weakening CEO confidence. —Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025

Ultimately, there are reasons to be optimistic about the current and future state of dealmaking. —Rusty Wiley, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025

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