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FOW-stee-uhn BAR-gin
noun
a bargain made with the devil; a bargain made which yields short term gain but at the cost of significantly negative long term consequences; a deal with the devil made by mythic German who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for secret knowledge
2000The Light of Other DaysWe've made a Faustian bargain, Bobby.2000Manifold TimeMy God, what a Faustian bargain.2002Pattern RecognitionThere's no reason, he says, to regard it as a Faustian bargain with Bigend.Labels: Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, Stephen Baxter, William Gibson
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