Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drug, deal.

(law) A plea bargain.

plural of plea deal

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.

plural of trade deal

(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.

plural of book deal

plural of record deal

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.

Synonym of Faustian bargain