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sweetheart deals

sweetheart deals is the plural of sweetheart deal.

Meaning of sweetheart deal

Noun

sweetheart deal (plural sweetheart deals)

  1. (idiomatic) A transaction, contract, or other agreement in which one party provides particularly favorable terms to the other, especially in suspicious circumstances.
    • Steven Matthews, described the lease last week as "a sweetheart deal that gives too much away for what the city gets in return."1986 May 18, Ronald Sullivan, “Counsel Upholds Lease in Dispute on East Side”, in New York Times, retrieved 22 Oct 2008

Questions about sweetheart deals

What is sweetheart deals the plural of?
Sweetheart deals is the plural of sweetheart deal.

Words near sweetheart deals in the dictionary

  1. sweetheart cake
  2. sweetheart cakes
  3. sweetheart contract
  4. sweetheart contracts
  5. sweetheart deal
  6. sweetheart deals
  7. sweetheart grip
  8. sweetheart grips
  9. sweetheart neckline
  10. sweetheart necklines
  11. sweetheart tax deal

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