to make a beneficial business arrangement with someone, I thought we weren’t going to be able to afford the new version, but I was able to cut a deal and get it at half price., make a concession - something that you agree to give someone or allow them to do so you can reach an agreement, Both sides will have to give ground if they want to reach a deal, to make an offer more attractive by adding something of value, She didn’t accept the first contract, so the company decided to sweeten the deal with an attractive pension plan, a topic on which it is not possible to reach an agreement, The choice of supplier was a sticking point in the negotiation., to decide on an agreement, contract etc after a lot of discussion and disagreement, The two companies hammered out an agreement after weeks of tough negotiations, to be finished or achieved with very little time left, The negotiations went down to the wire last night., to succeed in making an agreement certain, esp. after a long period of discussion, It took a lot longer than we expected, but we finally clinched the deal., to finalise all issues or pieces of business that are not critical but have not been completed yet., We still need to tie up a few loose ends in the contract, but we should be ready to sign tomorrow.

Negotiation Idioms

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