Deal meaning

dēl

The definition of a deal is an agreement, the act of distributing cards in a game and a large amount of degree.

An example of deal is a promise to finish homework each night in exchange for one hour of television.

An example of deal is the giving of cards to each member in a poker game.

An example of deal is a great amount more than last time.

noun

An indefinite quantity, extent, or degree.

Has a great deal of experience.

noun

A sale favorable especially to the buyer; a bargain.

noun

Treatment received.

A raw deal; a fair deal.

noun

The situation or background information regarding something.

What's the deal with the new teacher?

noun

Distribution of playing cards.

noun

The cards so distributed; a hand.

noun

The right or turn of a player to distribute the cards.

noun

The playing of one hand.

noun

An agreement, especially one that is mutually beneficial.

noun

A business transaction.

Struck a deal to buy a car dealership.

noun

A legal contract.

Signed a deal to play for a new team.

noun

Fir or pine wood.

noun

A fir or pine board cut to standard dimensions.

noun

Such boards or planks considered as a group.

noun

To portion out or distribute.

verb

To give; administer.

To deal someone a blow.

verb

To trade or sell.

verb

To sell (illegal drugs)

verb

To have to do (with); concern oneself or itself.

Science deals with facts.

verb

To act or conduct oneself.

Deal fairly with others.

verb

To consider or attend to; handle; cope (with)

To deal with a problem.

verb

To do business; trade (with or in)

To deal with the corner grocer, to deal in cutlery.

verb

To distribute playing cards to the players.

verb

To sell illegal drugs.

verb

A bargain or agreement, esp. when secret or underhanded.

noun

The act of distributing playing cards.

noun

Cards dealt.

noun

A player's turn or right to deal.

noun

A round of play.

noun

A business transaction.

noun

An advantageous transaction; bargain.

noun

A particular kind of behavior or conduct toward another; treatment.

A square deal.

noun

A particular plan, policy, or administration, usually involving some sort of distribution.

The New Deal.

noun

An indefinite, but considerable, amount or degree.

A great deal of trouble.

noun

A fir or pine board of any of several sizes.

noun

Fir or pine wood.

noun

Made of deal.

adjective

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

noun

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

The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.

verb

To administer or give out, as in small portions.

verb

To distribute cards to the players in a game.

I was dealt four aces.

The cards were shuffled and dealt by the croupier.

verb

(baseball) To pitch.

The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.

verb

(intransitive) To have dealings or business.

verb

(intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.

verb

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

She deals in gold.

verb

To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.

verb

(intransitive) To be concerned with.

verb

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

I can't deal with this.

verb

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

noun

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

I didn’t have a good deal all evening.

I believe it's your deal.

noun

A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction.

We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.

noun

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

noun

An agreement between parties; an arrangement.

He made a deal with the devil.

noun

(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.

"I've never killed anybody before. I don't see what's the big deal."

Line spoken by character played by John Travolta in the movie Broken Arrow.

What's the deal?

noun

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

The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

Made of deal.

A plain deal table.

adjective

Deal is defined as to distribute.

An example of deal is to give each player cards in a poker game.

verb

To give out in shares or portions; apportion.

A critic who deals out as much praise as blame.

verb

To sell.

Deal prescriptions; deal cocaine.

verb

To administer; deliver.

Dealt him a blow to the stomach.

verb

To distribute (playing cards) among players.

verb

To give (a specific card) to a player while so distributing.

verb

To be occupied or concerned.

A book that deals with the Middle Ages.

verb

To behave in a specified way toward another or others; have transactions.

Deal honestly with competitors.

verb

To take action with respect to someone or something.

The committee will deal with this complaint.

verb

To cope.

I can't deal with all of this arguing!

verb

To do business; trade.

Dealing in diamonds.

verb

To distribute playing cards.

verb

To buy and sell drugs, especially illegally.

verb

To throw a pitch.

verb

The act or a round of apportioning or distributing.

noun

Origin of deal

From Middle English dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhAil- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Scots dele (“part, portion”), West Frisian diel (“part, share”), Dutch deel (“part, share, portion”), German Teil (“part, portion, section”), Danish del (“part”), Icelandic deila (“division, contention”), Gothic (dails, “portion”). Related to Old English dāl (“portion”). More at dole.

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