cut a deal
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cut a deal — ► to reach an agreement: »The carmaker has cut a deal with unions to limit pay rises. Main Entry: ↑cut … Financial and business terms
cut a deal — [v] make a deal bargain, barter, bicker, dicker*, do business, hammer out a deal*, negotiate, trade, work out a deal*; concept 324 … New thesaurus
cut a deal — phrasal : to negotiate an agreement * * * cut a deal (chiefly N American) To make a deal • • • Main Entry: ↑cut * * * cut a deal phrase to make a business deal Her agent cut a deal giving her 30% of the profits. Thesaurus: to do business and re … Useful english dictionary
cut a deal — tv. to arrange a deal; to seal a bargain. □ Maybe we can cut a deal. Let’s talk. □ The two lawyers cut a deal that left me with the furniture, although she got the house … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
cut a deal — to make a business deal Her agent cut a deal giving her 30% of the profits … English dictionary
cut a deal — American to make an agreement or an arrangement with someone, especially in business or politics. The property developer tried to cut a deal with us to get us out of the building … New idioms dictionary
cut — or short cut [kut] vt. cut, cutting [ME cutten, kytten < Late OE * cyttan < Scand base seen in Swed dial., Ice kuta, to cut with a knife: the word replaced OE ceorfan (see CARVE), snithan, scieran (see SHEAR) as used in its basic senses] I… … English World dictionary
cut — cut1 W1S1 [kʌt] v past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(reduce)¦ 2¦(divide something with a knife, scissors etc)¦ 3¦(make something shorter with a knife etc)¦ 4¦(remove parts from film etc)¦ 5¦(make a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cut — cut1 [ kʌt ] (past tense and past participle cut) verb *** ▸ 1 use knife/sharp tool ▸ 2 have ability to cut ▸ 3 injure part of body ▸ 4 reduce/lower ▸ 5 on computer ▸ 6 stop something moving/working ▸ 7 make something shorter ▸ 8 divide playing… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
deal — deal1 /deel/, v., dealt, dealing, n. v.i. 1. to occupy oneself or itself (usually fol. by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities. 2. to take action with respect to a thing or person (fol. by with): Law courts … Universalium