On good-$\lambda$ inequalities for couples of measurable functions

We give a domination condition implying good-$\lambda$ and exponential inequalities for couples of measurable functions. Those inequalities recover several classical and new estimations involving some operators in Harminic Analysis. Among other corollaries we prove a new exponential estimate for Carleson operators. The main results of the paper are considered in a general setting, namely, on abstract measure spaces equipped with a ball-basis.