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Deal

noun
1.
A particular instance of buying or selling.  Synonyms: business deal, trade.  "I had no further trade with him" , "He's a master of the business deal"
2.
An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each.  Synonym: bargain.  "He rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"
3.
(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent.  Synonyms: batch, 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.  "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"
4.
A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
5.
Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).  Synonym: softwood.
6.
The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time.  Synonym: hand.  "He kept trying to see my hand"
7.
The type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement).
8.
The act of distributing playing cards.
9.
The act of apportioning or distributing something.
verb
(past & past part. dealt; pres. part. dealing)
1.
Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.  Synonyms: address, cover, handle, plow, treat.  "The course covered all of Western Civilization" , "The new book treats the history of China"
2.
Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes.  Synonyms: consider, look at, take.  "Consider the following case"
3.
Take action with respect to (someone or something).  "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students"
4.
Come to terms with.  Synonyms: contend, cope, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage.  "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
5.
Administer or bestow, as in small portions.  Synonyms: administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out.  "Dole out some money" , "Shell out pocket money for the children" , "Deal a blow to someone" , "The machine dispenses soft drinks"
6.
Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.  Synonyms: sell, trade.  "The brothers sell shoes"
7.
Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.  Synonyms: care, handle, manage.  "This blender can't handle nuts" , "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
8.
Behave in a certain way towards others.
9.
Distribute cards to the players in a game.
10.
Direct the course of; manage or control.  Synonyms: carry on, conduct.
11.
Give out as one's portion or share.  Synonyms: apportion, divvy up, portion out, share.
12.
Give (a specific card) to a player.
13.
Sell.



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"Deal" Quotes from Famous Books



... everything that can be perceived in any way whatever, even in an idea. It is still later that we understand that existence is not only that which is perceived but also that which is linked logically with the rest of our knowledge. A good deal of progress has been necessary to ...
— The Mind and the Brain - Being the Authorised Translation of L'me et le Corps • Alfred Binet
... time. Robin had been sewing, but the blaze had sunk too low to see by it, and her hands were folded idly upon her mending. She put it by, and went to the window. It was a very dark night, and the stars shone brilliantly. The stars had come to mean a great deal to them both, howbeit neither had ever said so. The stars only were unchanged. "The thoughts of God in the heavens" were the same, whatever might be His thought ...
— The Master-Knot of Human Fate • Ellis Meredith
... a good deal now. Daddy John told me the other day he thought we had nearly ten thousand dollars in dust beside what my father left. That will be plenty to begin on, and you can go into business down on the coast. They told Daddy John ...
— The Emigrant Trail • Geraldine Bonner
... to the time when these Roman games were celebrated, Scaliger, Salmasius, and Cuper have given themselves a great deal of trouble to ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 1 • Edward Gibbon
... "A great deal may be done. Enquiry may be made now which might hereafter be impossible." Then he begged that he might have a week to consider the matter, and requested that the two gentlemen ...
— Is He Popenjoy? • Anthony Trollope


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