side deal

side deal A private deal between two people, usually for the personal benefit of one of them, as a subsidiary to a transaction between the officials of a company, government, etc. For example, the chairman of a public company may agree to encourage the board to welcome a takeover bid, provided that a personal profit can be made in some side deal with the bidder. Side deals are rigorously investigated by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (seeCity Code on Takeovers and Mergers).

• computer-aided design
• computer-aided manufacturing
• computer-aided personal interview
• computer-aided self-interview
• computer-assisted audit techniques
• computer-assisted panel research
• computer-assisted telephone interviewing
• computer-assisted trading
• computer-based training
• computer-integrated manufacturing system
• computer output microfilm
• concealed unemployment
• concentrated segmentation
• concentration
• concept test
• concert-party agreement
• concurrent control
• concurrent engineering
• condition
• conditionality
• conditional sale agreement
• Confederation of British Industry
• conference lines
• conferencing
• confidentiality clause