deal
(noun) the act of apportioning or distributing something; âthe captain was entrusted with the deal of provisionsâ
deal
(noun) the act of distributing playing cards; âthe deal was passed around the table clockwiseâ
deal, trade, business deal
(noun) a particular instance of buying or selling; âit was a package dealâ; âI had no further trade with himâ; âheâs a master of the business dealâ
bargain, deal
(noun) an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; âhe made a bargain with the devilâ; âhe rose to prominence through a series of shady dealsâ
deal
(noun) the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); âhe got a good deal on his carâ
hand, deal
(noun) the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; âI didnât hold a good hand all eveningâ; âhe kept trying to see my handâ
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 âofâ) a large number or amount or extent; âa batch of lettersâ; âa deal of troubleâ; âa lot of moneyâ; âhe made a mint on the stock marketâ; âsee the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photosâ; âit must have cost plentyâ; âa slew of journalistsâ; âa wad of moneyâ
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; âTake the case of Chinaâ; âConsider the following caseâ
cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address
(verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; âThis book deals with incestâ; âThe course covered all of Western Civilizationâ; âThe new book treats the history of Chinaâ
deal, sell, trade
(verb) do business; offer for sale as for oneâs livelihood; âShe deals in goldâ; âThe brothers sell shoesâ
deal
(verb) distribute cards to the players in a game; âWhoâs dealing?â
deal
(verb) give (a specific card) to a player; âHe dealt me the Queen of Spadesâ
share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal
(verb) give out as oneâs 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; âadminister critical remarks to everyone presentâ; âdole out some moneyâ; âshell out pocket money for the childrenâ; âdeal a blow to someoneâ; âthe machine dispenses soft drinksâ
deal
(verb) take action with respect to (someone or something); âHow are we going to deal with this problem?â; âThe teacher knew how to deal with these lazy studentsâ
deal
(verb) behave in a certain way towards others; âHe deals fairly with his employeesâ
manage, deal, care, handle
(verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; âI can deal with this crew of workersâ; âThis blender canât handle nutsâ; âShe managed her parentsâ affairs after they got too oldâ
conduct, carry on, deal
(verb) direct the course of; manage or control; âYou cannot conduct business like thisâ
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; âWe got by on just a gallon of gasâ; âThey made do on half a loaf of bread every dayâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
• (act of apportioning or distributing): allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out, sharing, sharing out
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 oneâs 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.
• (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)
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.
• (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
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.
• (wood that is easy to saw, from conifers such as pine or fir)
• (plank of softwood)
deal (not comparable)
Made of deal.
• ALDE, Adel, Dale, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, adle, dale, lade, lead
Deal
A coastal town in Kent, England.
• 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
17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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