Negotiation goal

The answer

DEAL

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEAL answer page.

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SQUAREDEAL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DEAL

Every other clue in this collection answered by DEAL, most used first.

• Transaction - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
• Bargain - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Pass out cards - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Business transaction - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• "Agreed!" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Give a hand? - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Start a hand - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Good buy - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
• "You're on!" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Do business - used 21 times, most recently in 2014
• Start a card game - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Hand out cards - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "Let's Make a __" - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Agreement - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Hand out hands - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Business agreement - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Distribute cards - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Fir or pine board - used 13 times, most recently in 1993
• "Let's shake on it!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Distribute the cards - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Cope - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Arrangement - used 8 times, most recently in 2000
• Business arrangement - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Give everyone a hand? - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Negotiator's goal - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Word with a handshake - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Pine board. - used 7 times, most recently in 1997
• Wheel's partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Bargain hunter's goal - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Cause for a handshake - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Cope (with) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Do business (with) - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Give out cards - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Auditioner's goal - ROLE, used 39 times
• Goalie's goal - SAVE, used 23 times
• Candidate's goal - SEAT, used 22 times
• Sprinter's goal - TAPE, used 21 times
• Audition goal - ROLE, used 16 times
• Hockey goal. - CAGE, used 16 times

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