(entertainment industry) An agreement made between a studio or network (or other similar entity) and a person, such as an actor, producer or writer, to hold the person to be exclusive to that entity for an agreed upon period of time, usually one year or "season", for an agreed-upon amount of money.

(idiomatic) An issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail.

A circumstance in which two or more items are provided together, especially if it is impossible to obtain one without also receiving the other.

plural of raw deal

(idiomatic) A situation in which a person is taken advantage of or treated unfairly; a situation in which a person is led to expect something, but receives nothing or much less than expected.

plural of package deal

plural of trade deal

An agreement between a publisher and an author, by which the author agrees to write a certain number of books to be published by the publisher.

plural of drug deal

An agreement between a movie production studio and various other stakeholders for the production of a movie, usually based on some source material or other intellectual property created or owned by one or more of the stakeholders.