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Write a letter to a supplier, an existing client/customer, or to a subcontractor to negotiate one of the followings:
 changing amount of an order
 changing the delivery terms
 changing the specifications that you want
 getting cheaper supplies
 raising the prices that you charge
 reducing the amount of the order
 renegotiating something
 signing a longer- or shorter-term contract

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Backroom deal: an agreement or decision that is made without the public knowing about it.
“I think they got the government contract because of a backroom deal.”

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