(law) A plea bargain.

An agreement between a publisher and an author, by which the author agrees to write a certain number of books to be published by the publisher.

(politics) An agreement between two or more countries, often in the form of a treaty, establishing the conditions under which products from each country may be exported to the other.

An agreement between a record label and a musician or music group, by which the musician or group agrees to record a certain number of songs to be published by the label.

plural of dead-pay

Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls. / A dead soldier whose pay is illicitly claimed by another person.

Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

Synonym of Faustian bargain

Sudden death brought about by a strong emotional shock such as fear.

(UK, offensive) A hearing aid. / (UK, offensive) A person wearing a hearing aid. / (television, slang) A presenter's earpiece through which they receive instructions from the studio.