| 1 | Tropes about when characters make deals. |
| 2 | |
| 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 | * ChainOfDeals: Someone has to make deals with a whole bunch of people in order to get what they want. |
| 19 | * ChessWithDeath: Playing a game with TheGrimReaper so that you get to live a little longer in the event that you win. |
| 20 | * ComicallySmallBribe: Trying to bribe someone with a ridiculously small amount of money or an absurdly mundane offer. |
| 21 | * ComicallySmallDemand: A person agrees to do what they're asked in exchange for a minor favor. |
| 22 | * CooperationGambit |
| 23 | * DealWithTheDevil: Getting what you desire by making a deal with {{Satan}} or some other evil being. |
| 24 | * DiscountCard |
| 25 | * DoYouWantToHaggle |
| 26 | * FictionalGenevaConventions: UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar are typically based on agreements between nation-states. |
| 27 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket |
| 28 | * TheGamblingAddict |
| 29 | * HeroismIncentive |
| 30 | * HonestJohnsDealership: A salesman who tries to trick customers into buying shoddy products. |
| 31 | * HumiliatingWager |
| 32 | * IllBeYourBestFriend: Bribing someone by offering them your friendship. |
| 33 | * IntangiblePrice |
| 34 | * JoinOrDie |
| 35 | * LeonineContract |
| 36 | * LintValue: A person offers to pay for something expensive with very little money or things of little value, usually all that they have. |
| 37 | * LostHimInACardGame |
| 38 | * MagicallyBindingContract |
| 39 | * NeverLendToAFriend |
| 40 | * PayingInCoins |
| 41 | * PleaBargain |
| 42 | * ProBonoBarter |
| 43 | * ProfessionalGambler |
| 44 | * ScoldedForNotBuying |
| 45 | * SexForServices |
| 46 | * ShadyScalper: Scalpers and similar types who purchase items for resale in a less-than-scrupulous manner. |
| 47 | * ShinyNewAustralia: Someone offers ownership of a large, but not very populous, territory in exchange for helping. |
| 48 | * SilentOffer |
| 49 | * SoldHisSoulForADonut: A DealWithTheDevil where the object to be gained is something trivial. |
| 50 | * TearUpTheContract: A primitive but sometimes effective way of undoing an agreement the character no longer wants. |
| 51 | * ThirdPartyDealBreaker: A third party interferes in a deal and ruins it. |
| 52 | * TrappedByGamblingDebts: Someone does something they wouldn't normally do, to satisfy a debt collector. |
| 53 | * WagerSlave: Instead of gambling money, someone has gambled their freedom, usually humorously. |
| 54 | * WhammyBid |
| 55 | * WillTalkForAPrice: Someone has information but wants payment before they'll talk. |
| 56 | * 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. |
| 57 | [[/index]] |
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