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arms dealer

arms dealer noun: a person involved in the distribution and sale of weapons, especially when it also involves smuggling.

Noun

arms dealer (plural arms dealers)

  1. A person involved in the distribution and sale of weapons, especially when it also involves smuggling.
  2. (broadly) A media company that licenses its works to various other companies rather than distributing them on its own.
    • There’s “tremendous upside,” he says, for an unaffiliated studio, as Disney and others rein in content production in-house. “That’s going to create real opportunities for companies like Sony and Paramount and others to be an arms dealer of content to anyone in the world.”2019 March 12, Elaine Low, “Inside Mike Hopkins’ Fiercely Independent Strategy for Sony Pictures Television”, in Variety
    • Hence, Viacom’s so-called “arms dealer” strategy, which paid off when it sold domestic rights to Comedy Central’s South Park to WarnerMedia’s HBO Max on Oct. 29 in a deal worth up to $500 million.2019 November 25, Lesley Goldberg, Georg Szalai, Paul Bond, “Viacom’s Streaming TV “Arms Dealer” Strategy Paying Off (For Now)”, in The Hollywood Reporter

Examples of arms dealer in a sentence

  • Mayer’s old office on the Sony lot, that he is an arms dealer in the arms race.2021 May 19, Matt Donnelly, “Sony Pictures Gained Ground in Streaming Wars With Historic Licensing Deals at Netflix and Disney”, in Variety:
  • Unlike Paramount which has been saddled with debt from launching streaming service Paramount+, Sony remains an arms dealer, and financially nimble studio.2024 July 8, Anthony D'Alessandro, “Sony’s Tom Rothman On Skydance-Paramount Deal, Calls David Ellison “A Very Capable Executive” – ‘Fly Me...

Forms of arms dealer

pluralarms dealers

Questions about arms dealer

What does arms dealer mean?
Arms dealer means a person involved in the distribution and sale of weapons, especially when it also involves smuggling.
How do you use arms dealer in a sentence?
Mayer’s old office on the Sony lot, that he is an arms dealer in the arms race.
What part of speech is arms dealer?
Arms dealer is a noun.
What is the plural of arms dealer?
The plural of arms dealer is arms dealers.

Words near arms dealer in the dictionary

  1. arms
  2. arms and legs
  3. arms bearer
  4. arms bearers
  5. arms control
  6. arms dealer
  7. arms dealers
  8. arms factories
  9. arms factory
  10. arms kote
  11. arms kotes

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