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 Words From

• dealmaking noun

Example Sentences

That decision proved fruitful as he emerged as a linchpin vote and must-have dealmaker for Democrats in the closely divided Senate.

From Seattle Times

The ACC’s stately Jim Phillips has spent a lifetime in college sports while the Big 12’s hard-charging dealmaker, Brett Yormark, is a relative newcomer to the space.

From Seattle Times

Santos won office in what had been a reliably Democratic district partly by falsely portraying himself as an American success story — a son of working class immigrants who made himself into a wealthy Wall Street dealmaker.

From Seattle Times

Suozzi, who previously represented the district for three terms, campaigned in the centrist lane, distancing himself from progressive policies that have not played well on Long Island and cast himself as a dealmaker who can work with the GOP.

From Seattle Times

His reticence about dealing with Senate Republicans, though, is tougher to fathom, particularly given his pitch to voters in 2020 that he was a crafty dealmaker who would rely on his 36 years in the upper chamber to cut through partisan gridlock.

From Washington Times