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megadeal

American  
[meg-uh-deel] / ˈmɛg əˌdil /

noun

  1. a large business transaction.


Etymology

Origin of megadeal

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

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AI Overdraft: Oracle’s $300 billion megadeal with OpenAI is testing the limits of Wall Street’s appetite for debt tied to America’s data-center boom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Another week, another megadeal involving Big Tech players jockeying to power the artificial-intelligence wave — with large sums of money moving between them.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

If Nacua remains injury free and he maintains or increases his production, he could have a potential megadeal in hand before 2026 training camp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

Here’s what you need to know about Capital One and Discover’s potential megadeal, and what it could mean for consumers.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

The quote was from Ted Turner, the billionaire media mogul, founder of CNN, who had been lamenting his inability to snatch up the CBS network in a corporate megadeal.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom