DEAL

deal

(noun) the act of apportioning or distributing something; “the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions”

deal

(noun) the act of distributing playing cards; “the deal was passed around the table clockwise”

deal, trade, business deal

(noun) a particular instance of buying or selling; “it was a package deal”; “I had no further trade with him”; “he’s a master of the business deal”

bargain, deal

(noun) an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; “he made a bargain with the devil”; “he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals”

deal

(noun) the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); “he got a good deal on his car”

hand, deal

(noun) the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; “I didn’t hold a good hand all evening”; “he kept trying to see my hand”

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

(noun) (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent; “a batch of letters”; “a deal of trouble”; “a lot of money”; “he made a mint on the stock market”; “see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos”; “it must have cost plenty”; “a slew of journalists”; “a wad of money”

softwood, deal

(noun) wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

deal

(noun) a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

consider, take, deal, look at

(verb) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; “Take the case of China”; “Consider the following case”

cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address

(verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; “This book deals with incest”; “The course covered all of Western Civilization”; “The new book treats the history of China”

deal, sell, trade

(verb) do business; offer for sale as for one’s livelihood; “She deals in gold”; “The brothers sell shoes”

deal

(verb) distribute cards to the players in a game; “Who’s dealing?”

deal

(verb) give (a specific card) to a player; “He dealt me the Queen of Spades”

share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal

(verb) give out as one’s portion or share

distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out

(verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions; “administer critical remarks to everyone present”; “dole out some money”; “shell out pocket money for the children”; “deal a blow to someone”; “the machine dispenses soft drinks”

deal

(verb) take action with respect to (someone or something); “How are we going to deal with this problem?”; “The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students”

deal

(verb) behave in a certain way towards others; “He deals fairly with his employees”

manage, deal, care, handle

(verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; “I can deal with this crew of workers”; “This blender can’t handle nuts”; “She managed her parents’ affairs after they got too old”

conduct, carry on, deal

(verb) direct the course of; manage or control; “You cannot conduct business like this”

cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage

(verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available; “We got by on just a gallon of gas”; “They made do on half a loaf of bread every day”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

deal (plural deals)

(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.

(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).

Synonyms: batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew

Synonyms

• (act of apportioning or distributing): allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out, sharing, sharing out

Etymology 2

Verb

deal (third-person singular simple present deals, present participle dealing, simple past and past participle dealt)

(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.

(transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.

(ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.

(baseball) To pitch.

(intransitive) To have dealings or business.

(intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.

(obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.

(intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).

(transitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

(intransitive) To be concerned with.

(intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.

Synonyms

• (distribute among a number of recipients): apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out

• (administer in portions): administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out

• (distribute (cards))

• (baseball slang: to pitch): pitch, throw

• (have dealings with)

• (trade): sell, trade, bargain

• (sell (illicit drugs)): sell

• (be handled)

• (handle, cope)

Noun

deal (plural deals)

(archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing out.

The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.

A particular instance of buying or selling; a transaction

Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

An agreement between parties; an arrangement

(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.

(informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.

Synonyms

• (cards held in a card game by a player at any given time): hand

• (instance of buying or selling): business deal, sale, trade, transaction

• (a beneficial transaction): steal, bargain

• (agreement between parties fixing obligations of each): contract, pact

Etymology 3

Noun

deal (countable and uncountable, plural deals)

(uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).

(countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).

(countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.

Synonyms

• (wood that is easy to saw, from conifers such as pine or fir)

• (plank of softwood)

Adjective

deal (not comparable)

Made of deal.

Anagrams

• ALDE, Adel, Dale, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, adle, dale, lade, lead

Proper noun

Deal

A coastal town in Kent, England.

Anagrams

• ALDE, Adel, Dale, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, adle, dale, lade, lead

Source: Wiktionary

Deal, n. Etym: [OE. del, deel, part, AS. d; akin to OS. d, D. & Dan. deel, G. theil, teil, Icel. deild, Sw. del, Goth. dails. Dole.]

1. A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold. Three tenth deals [parts of an ephah] of flour. Num. xv. 9. As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power. M. Arnold. She was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. W. Black.

Note: It was formerly limited by some, every, never a, a thousand, etc.; as, some deal; but these are now obsolete or vulgar. In general, we now qualify the word with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by being understood; as, a great deal of time and pains; a great (or good) deal better or worse; that is, better by a great deal, or by a great part or difference.

2. The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed. The deal, the shuffle, and the cut. Swift.

3. Distribution; apportionment. [Colloq.]

4. An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains. [Slang]

5. Etym: [Prob. from D. deel a plank, threshing floor. See Thill.]

Definition: The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.

Note: Whole deal is a general term for planking one and one half inches thick.

6. Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal. Deal tree, a fir tree. Dr. Prior.

Deal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dealt; p. pr. & vb. n. Dealing.] Etym: [OE. delen, AS. d, fr. d share; akin to OS. d, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel. deila, Sw. dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan. See Deal, n.]

1. To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out. Is not to deal thy bread to the hungry Is. lviii. 7. And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold. Tickell. The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. Gay. Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt. Dryden.

2. Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.

Deal, v. i.

1. To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.

2. To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour. They buy and sell, they deal and traffic. South. This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants deal but for parcels. Dr. H. More.

3. To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with. Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either. Bacon.

4. To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat. If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he will acknowledge all this to be true. Tillotson.

5. To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with. To deal by, to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well by servants. "Such an one deals not fairly by his own mind." Locke.

– To deal in. (a) To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as, they deal in political matters. (b) To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or wholesaler; as, they deal in fish.

– To deal with. (a) To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill; to have to do with; specifically, to trade with. "Dealing with witches." Shak. (b) To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with. The deacons of his church, who, to use their own phrase, "dealt with him" on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out. Hawthorne. Return . . . and I will deal well with thee. Gen. xxxii. 9.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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