sweetheart deal

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

sweetheart deal (plural sweetheart deals)

1. (idiomatic, business) A transaction, contract, or other agreement in which one party provides particularly favorable terms to the other, especially in suspicious circumstances.
   • 1986 May 18, Ronald Sullivan, “Counsel Upholds Lease in Dispute on East Side”, in New York Times, retrieved 22 Oct. 2008:

     Steven Matthews, described the lease last week as "a sweetheart deal that gives too much away for what the city gets in return."

Translations

transaction, contract, or other agreement in which one party provides particularly favorable terms to the other

• Irish: margadh rúin m

References

• “sweetheart deal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.