• Middle-Market – Transactions generally under $1 billion and involve non-publicly-traded companies.
• One-Off Deal – Purchase of a single facility or entity, not a multiple entity deal
• Portfolio Deal – Multiple facility or service sale
• “Deal Has Hair” – a complexities and complications of selling company
• ‘’Tuck-in’’ Deal – small niche deal that fills hole in company’s portfolio
• “The Ask” – A term or condition of the business deal that one side is requested
• “Open Up the Kimono” – seller is willing to disclose confidential company information
• Data Room – online virtual cloud where confidential due diligence is stored
• “Cratered” – as in the deal crated…fell apart