close a deal

Meaning

To 'close a deal' means to successfully complete a business negotiation and secure an agreement or contract, usually involving a sale or partnership. It is a key term in sales, business development, and corporate environments. The tone is professional, successful, and action-oriented.

Examples

• After months of negotiations, we finally managed to close a deal with the supplier.

  After months of negotiations, we finally managed to close a deal with the supplier.

• Our sales team is working hard to close a deal before the end of the month.

  Our sales team is working hard to close a deal before the end of the month.

• To close a deal successfully, you must listen carefully to the client's needs.

  To close a deal successfully, you must listen carefully to the client's needs.

• They flew to Chicago to close a deal worth over one million dollars.

  They flew to Chicago to close a deal worth over one million dollars.

• If we can close this deal, it will guarantee our revenue for the next fiscal year.

  If we can close this deal, it will guarantee our revenue for the next fiscal year.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We hope to finish a deal with them next week.

  ✓ We hope to close a deal with them next week.

  While 'finish' is grammatically correct, 'close a deal' is the standard business collocation used when finalizing an agreement.

• ✗ She closed deal with the new client yesterday.

  ✓ She closed a deal with the new client yesterday.

  'Deal' is a countable noun, so you must include the article 'a' (or 'the', 'our', etc.) before it.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The sales rep is meeting the client tomorrow to try and ___.

  💡 finalize the agreement

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  close a deal

• It takes patience and strong negotiation skills to ___ with major corporations.

  💡 successfully complete a contract

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  close a deal