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1	Tropes about when characters make deals.
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3	For less mercantile agreements, compare its sister PromisesAndVowsIndex. See also GamblingTropes, MoneyTropes, and the IndebtedIndex.
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5	!!Tropes
6	[[index]]
7	* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame
8	* AccidentalBargainingSkills
9	* AccidentalBid
10	* {{Auction}}
11	* AuctionOfEvil
12	* BabyAsPayment: A baby is used as part of a deal.
13	* BachelorAuction
14	* BargainWithHeaven: Getting what you desire by making a deal with {{God}} or some other divine being.
15	* BegoneBribe
16	* TheBet
17	* BlackMarket
18	* BribingTheHomeless: Paying a homeless person to do something for you.
19	* ChainOfDeals: Someone has to make deals with a whole bunch of people in order to get what they want.
20	* ChessWithDeath: Playing a game with TheGrimReaper so that you get to live a little longer in the event that you win.
21	* ComicallySmallBribe: Trying to bribe someone with a ridiculously small amount of money or an absurdly mundane offer.
22	* ComicallySmallDemand: A person agrees to do what they're asked in exchange for a minor favor.
23	* CooperationGambit
24	* DealWithTheDevil: Getting what you desire by making a deal with {{Satan}} or some other evil being.
25	* DiscountCard
26	* DoYouWantToHaggle
27	* FictionalGenevaConventions: UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar are typically based on agreements between nation-states.
28	* FriendInTheBlackMarket
29	* TheGamblingAddict
30	* HeroismIncentive
31	* HonestJohnsDealership: A salesman who tries to trick customers into buying shoddy products.
32	* HumiliatingWager
33	* IllBeYourBestFriend: Bribing someone by offering them your friendship.
34	* IntangiblePrice
35	* JoinOrDie
36	* LeonineContract
37	* LintValue: A person offers to pay for something expensive with very little money or things of little value, usually all that they have.
38	* LostHimInACardGame
39	* MagicallyBindingContract
40	* NeverLendToAFriend
41	* PayingInCoins
42	* PleaBargain
43	* ProBonoBarter
44	* ProfessionalGambler
45	* ScoldedForNotBuying
46	* SexForServices
47	* ShadyScalper: Scalpers and similar types who purchase items for resale in a less-than-scrupulous manner.
48	* ShinyNewAustralia: Someone offers ownership of a large, but not very populous, territory in exchange for helping.
49	* SilentOffer
50	* SoldHisSoulForADonut: A DealWithTheDevil where the object to be gained is something trivial.
51	* TearUpTheContract: A primitive but sometimes effective way of undoing an agreement the character no longer wants.
52	* ThirdPartyDealBreaker: A third party interferes in a deal and ruins it.
53	* TrappedByGamblingDebts: Someone does something they wouldn't normally do, to satisfy a debt collector.
54	* WagerSlave: Instead of gambling money, someone has gambled their freedom, usually humorously.
55	* WhammyBid
56	* WillTalkForAPrice: Someone has information but wants payment before they'll talk.
57	* WorkOffTheDebt: Someone is unable to pay their bill, so they end up working for the company until they've worked off all the money they owe.
58	[[/index]]

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