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record deal

record deal noun: an agreement between a record label and a musician or music group, by which the musician or group agrees to record a certain number of songs to be published by the label.

Noun

record deal (plural record deals)

  1. An agreement between a record label and a musician or music group, by which the musician or group agrees to record a certain number of songs to be published by the label.
    • On the heels of the Remember Two Things release, the band signed its first record deal with RCA, inking the contract just five hours after that midnight release.2011, Nikki Van Noy, So Much to Say: Dave Matthews Band—20 Years on the Road, page 55

Forms of record deal

pluralrecord deals

Questions about record deal

What does record deal mean?
Record deal means an agreement between a record label and a musician or music group, by which the musician or group agrees to record a certain number of songs to be published by the label.
What part of speech is record deal?
Record deal is a noun.
What is the plural of record deal?
The plural of record deal is record deals.

Words near record deal in the dictionary

  1. record chart
  2. record charts
  3. record communication
  4. record companies
  5. record company
  6. record deal
  7. record deals
  8. record holder
  9. record holders
  10. record hop
  11. record keeper

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