Deal definition
Has a great deal of experience.
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.
A raw deal; a fair deal.
What's the deal with the new teacher?
Struck a deal to buy a car dealership.
Signed a deal to play for a new team.
To deal someone a blow.
Science deals with facts.
Deal fairly with others.
To deal with a problem.
To deal with the corner grocer, to deal in cutlery.
A square deal.
The New Deal.
A great deal of trouble.
The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.
I was dealt four aces.
The cards were shuffled and dealt by the croupier.
I didn’t have a good deal all evening.
I believe it's your deal.
We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.
A plain deal table.
An example of deal is to give each player cards in a poker game.
A critic who deals out as much praise as blame.
Deal prescriptions; deal cocaine.
Dealt him a blow to the stomach.
A book that deals with the Middle Ages.
Deal honestly with competitors.
The committee will deal with this complaint.
I can't deal with all of this arguing!
Dealing in diamonds.
- a very important or impressive person or thing
- an exclamation of mock wonderment, admiration, joy, etc.
- to arrange, settle, or conclude a transaction
- to attach extreme importance to; make a big fuss about
- someone or something regarded as genuine, valid, of superior quality, etc.
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of deal
- Middle English delen from Old English dǣlan to divide, share dail- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English dele from Middle Dutch Middle Low German dele plank
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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.
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian делить (delitʹ).
From Wiktionary
- Middle Low German dele, cognate with Old English þille.
From Wiktionary