dealmaker

[deel-mey-ker]

noun

1. a person who makes a deal or deals, especially in business or politics.

2. an aspect or item that is enticing enough to secure a deal.

Other Word Forms

• dealmaking noun

Example Sentences

Cue is especially gregarious, a larger-than-life type who loves sports, cars—he sits on Ferrari’s board—and is known as a dealmaker for Apple.

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And Su will need to prove her mettle in a less familiar set of roles: as a saleswoman, dealmaker and lobbyist.

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As speaker, she was a dealmaker like no other, managing even to usher a national health care system through Congress—a feat several before her had tried, and all had failed at.

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That is why producers like Moritz work to land them far in advance and why Gelfond has transformed from an avuncular dealmaker into one of Hollywood’s most sought-after arbiters of power.

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Ellison soon showed himself to be a sharp dealmaker and producer.

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