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deal
1[deel]
noun
a business transaction.
They closed the deal after a week of negotiating.
a bargain or arrangement for mutual advantage.
the best deal in town.
Synonyms: ,a secret or underhanded agreement or bargain.
His supporters worked a number of deals to help his campaign.
Informal.treatment received in an interaction or arrangement with another.
He got a raw deal.
an indefinite but large quantity, amount, extent, or degree (usually preceded by good orgreat ).
a good deal of work;
a great deal of money.
Cards.
the distribution of cards to the players in a game.
the set of cards in one's hand.
the turn of a player to distribute the cards to the players.
the period of time during which a hand, or set of cards, is played.
an act of handing out or distributing.
(initial capital letter)an economic and social policy pursued by a political administration.
the Fair Deal;
the New Deal;
the Green New Deal.
Obsolete.portion; share.
verb (used without object)
to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with orin ).
Botany deals with the study of plants.
He deals in generalities.
to take action with respect to a thing or person (followed bywith ).
Law courts must deal with lawbreakers.
to conduct oneself toward persons.
He deals fairly.
Synonyms: ,to be able to handle competently or successfully; cope (followed bywith ).
I can't deal with your personal problems.
to trade or do business (followed by with orin ).
to deal with a firm;
to deal in used cars.
Synonyms: ,to distribute, especially the cards in a game (often followed byout ): It's your turn to deal.
She dealt out five hands of six cards each.
It's your turn to deal.
Slang.to buy and sell drugs illegally.
Archaic.to have dealings or commerce, often in a secret or underhanded manner (often followed bywith ).
to deal with the Devil.
verb (used with object)
to give to one as a share; apportion.
Deal me in.
to distribute among a number of recipients, as the cards required in a game.
Deal five cards to each player.
Synonyms: , , , ,Cards.to give a player (a specific card) in dealing.
You dealt yourself four aces.
to deliver (an action or a judgment) on or upon someone; administer: Did you see the cat dealing a blow to a dog five times its size?
As a repeat offender, she can expect to be dealt a harsh sentence.
Did you see the cat dealing a blow to a dog five times its size?
Slang.to buy and sell (drugs) illegally.
Slang.to trade (an athlete) to another team.
verb phrase
Pokerto deal the final hand of a game.
Slangto get rid of or trade (something or someone) in a transaction.
deal
2[deel]
noun
a board or plank, especially of fir or pine, cut to any of various standard sizes.
such boards collectively.
fir or pine wood.
adjective
made of deal.
deal
1/ 徱ː /
verb
to engage (in) commercially
to deal in upholstery
(often foll by out) to apportion (something, such as cards) to a number of people; distribute
(tr) to give (a blow) to (someone); inflict
slang(intr) to sell any illegal drug
noun
informala bargain, transaction, or agreement
a particular type of treatment received, esp as the result of an agreement
a fair deal
an indefinite amount, extent, or degree (esp in the phrases good or great deal )
cards
the process of distributing the cards
a player's turn to do this
a single round in a card game
See big deal
informalto come to an arrangement; make a deal See also deal with
informala person or thing seen as being authentic and not inferior in any way
deal
2/ 徱ː /
noun
a plank of softwood timber, such as fir or pine, or such planks collectively
the sawn wood of various coniferous trees, such as that from the Scots pine ( red deal ) or from the Norway Spruce ( white deal )
adjective
of fir or pine
Deal
3/ 徱ː /
noun
a town in SE England, in Kent, on the English Channel: two 16th-century castles: tourism, light industries. Pop: 96670 (2003 est)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of deal1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of deal1
Origin of deal2
Idioms and Phrases
deal someone in, to include.
He was making a lot of dough in the construction business so I got him to deal me in.
seal the deal. seal the deal.
cut a deal, to make an agreement, especially a business agreement.
Networks have cut a deal with foreign stations for an international hookup.
Example Sentences
She was suddenly "carer" and had to deal with a myriad of hard-to-navigate forms for medical and social care.
“As consumers look to recognize the father figures in their lives, retailers are prepared with gift ideas, special deals and convenient shopping options to help customers find the right gifts.”
"It's always been my most important and most favourite format. Naturally, playing fewer games is not really on us, it's just sort of the cards you get dealt," he said.
Governments always have to deal with the universe as they find it, not the world as they wish it to be.
It was the last portion of 47,097 acres that the nonprofit group acquired and transferred to the tribe in what is thought to be the largest “land back” deal in California history.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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