Sentence:  Most people nowadays, in this country at least, do not seem to be able to see anything else but money. They would cheerfully sell their souls to hell for it. Quite a number of them, according to the tencent magazines, have already made this <WSD>Faustian bargain</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An agreement in which a person abandons his or her spiritual values or moral principles in order to obtain knowledge, wealth or other benefits.