From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcut a dealcut a dealto make a business deal A French company has reportedly cut a deal to produce software for government agencies. → cut
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cut a deal• Grateful Dead guitar guru Jerry Garcia may be dead, but he can still cut a deal.• When they let me speak, I cut a deal.• Why not cut a deal, before it was too late?• Which trainees had cut deals for themselves?• The president and Congress cut a deal on a balanced budget that exempts military spending from any cuts.• The message is that the government will cut a deal with any threatened industry willing to pay through the nose.• Or Republicans could try to cut a deal with congressional Democrats in the hope that Mr Clinton would come aboard later.• The critics were not proposing to cut a deal with Hussein. 