deal

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.

   • We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king.
2. 2

   An indefinite quantity or amount

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

   • There is a vast deal of difference in memories, as well as in every thing else, and therefore you should make allowance for your cousin, and pity her deficiency.
   • There is a deal of obscurity concerning the identity of the species thus multitudinously baptized.
   • “They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal. A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”
3. 3

   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.
   • Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.
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   1. 4

      To administer or give out, as in small portions.

      • "Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to deal the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?"
      • Norwich returned to second in the Championship with victory over Nottingham Forest, whose promotion hopes were dealt another blow.
   2. 5

      To take action with regard to someone or something.

   3. 6

      To distribute cards to the players in a game.

      • I was dealt four aces.
      • The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt.
   4. 7

      deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.

      • The boxer was dealt a blow to the head.
      • This is a heavy-handed weapon attack that can be made with a two-handed weapon, that will deal damage equal to 4 times your size category
   5. 8

      To pitch.

      • The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.
   6. 9

      To have dealings or business.

      • When the spice flow stops, all eyes will turn to Arrakis. The Baron and the Emperor himself will be forced to deal with us.
   7. 10

      To conduct oneself, to behave.

      • In Deheubarth that now South-wales is hight, / What time king Ryence raign'd, and dealed right [...].
   8. 11

      To take action

      To take action; to act.

      • Wel said syr Uwayne go on your waye, and lete me dele.
   9. 12

      To trade professionally (followed by in).

      • She deals in gold.
   10. 13

       To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

       • This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.
   11. 14

       To be concerned with.

       • Science, it cannot be too often repeated, deals with tangible phenomena.
   12. 15

       To handle, to manage, to cope.

       • Then there was the sound of a struggle, and I knew that the attendants were dealing with him.
       • I can't deal with this.
       • I don't think he wants to go. — Yeah, well, we're going anyway, and he can deal.
   13. 16

       An act of dealing or sharing out.

   14. 17

       The distribution of cards to players

       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.
   15. 18

       A particular instance of trading (buying or selling

       A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.

       • We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.
       • recognizing the societal deal between capital and labor regarding retirement savings
   16. 19

       A transaction offered which is financially beneficial

       A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

       • You also have to look at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade up to the kind of property you are looking for.
   17. 20

       An agreement between parties

       An agreement between parties; an arrangement.

       • California lawmakers, their state broke and its credit rating shot, finally sealed the deal with the governor Monday night on a plan to close a $26 billion budget gap.
       • He made a deal with the devil.
       • I didn't deserve it, but he cut me a deal.
   18. 21

       A situation, occasion, or event.

       • What's the deal here?
       • Their new movie is the biggest deal of the year.
       • I don't think that's such a big deal.
   19. 22

       A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.

       • The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.
       • I've never killed anybody before. I don't see what's the big deal.
   20. 23

       A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.

       • What's her deal?
       • His whole deal is, you've got to be for it or against it, and you can't make it better.
       • My boyfriend hates it when I wear makeup or put on a short skirt, but then he points out how hot girls like the Pussycat Dolls are. What's his deal? —Jill, 16, Fresno, CA
   21. 24

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

       • 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 86, Some Houses were […] entirely lock’d up, the Doors padlockt, the Windows and Doors having Deal Boards nail’d over them,
       • A brisk fire burned in the grate, there were three comfortable chairs, and a deal table with a water carafe, a bucket of coals, and a few other amenities.
   22. 25

       A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).

   23. 26

       A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity…

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

       • Swedish deals from ports in the Baltic
       • 1 deal (US) = 12 ft x 11 in. x 3/2 in. (E)
   24. 27

       Made of deal.

       • A plain deal table
       • Deal table in the middle, plain chairs all round the walls, on one end a large shining map, marked with all the colours of a rainbow.
       • She glanced round the kitchen. It was small and curious to her, with its glittering kissing-bunch, its evergreens behind the pictures, its wooden chairs and little deal table.
   25. 28

       A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, England (OS…

       A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3752).

   26. 29

       A borough on the Jersey Shore, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, named after…

       A borough on the Jersey Shore, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, named after the Kentish town.

   27. 30

       An unincorporated community near Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.

   28. 31

       A surname.

   29. 32

       Acronym of difficulty, execution, amplitude/altitude(height). landing

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