Deal
[diːl] or [dil]
Definition
(noun.) the act of apportioning or distributing something; 'the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions'.
(noun.) the act of distributing playing cards; 'the deal was passed around the table clockwise'.
(noun.) a particular instance of buying or selling; 'it was a package deal'; 'I had no further trade with him'; 'he's a master of the business deal'.
(noun.) the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); 'he got a good deal on his car'.
(noun.) a plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
(verb.) do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; 'She deals in gold'; 'The brothers sell shoes'.
(verb.) distribute cards to the players in a game; 'Who's dealing?'.
(verb.) give (a specific card) to a player; 'He dealt me the Queen of Spades'.
(verb.) take action with respect to (someone or something); 'How are we going to deal with this problem?'; 'The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students'.
(verb.) behave in a certain way towards others; 'He deals fairly with his employees'.
(verb.) sell; 'deal hashish'.
Checker: Lucy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
(n.) Distribution; apportionment.
(n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
(n.) To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.
(n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.
(v. i.) To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.
(v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
(v. i.) To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Quantity, degree, extent.[2]. Distribution (of cards).[3]. Pine plank.
v. a. Distribute, give, bestow, dispense, apportion, allot, divide, share, deal out, dole out, mete out.
v. n. [1]. Traffic, trade, do business, have commerce.[2]. Behave, conduct one's self.[3]. Distribute cards.
Edited by Harold
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bargain, chaffer, trade, dispense, market, communicate, negotiate, traffic
ANT:Hold, close, stop, fail
Inputed by Alan
Definition
n. a portion; an indefinite quantity: a large quantity; the act of dividing cards: (U.S.) a bargain: a fir or pine board: timber.—v.t. to divide to distribute: to throw about: to deliver.—v.i. to transact business: to act: to distribute cards.—pa.t. and pa.p. dealt (delt).—ns. Deal′er one who deals: a trader; Deal′-fish a genus of ribbon-fishes; Deal′ing manner of acting towards others: intercourse of trade.
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Examples
- So they might hope to strike down France at one blow, and deal at their leisure with Russia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- People always say unpleasant things--and certainly they're a great deal together. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Having fallen a good deal latterly into the late Sir John's way of always agreeing with my lady, I agreed with her heartily about Rosanna Spearman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Besides, I have late experience, that errant thieves are not the worst men in the world to have to deal with. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I have seen people get rid of a good deal of other people's money, and bear it very well: very well indeed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Those who are showing the world what female manners _should_ be, said Mr. Bertram gallantly, are doing a great deal to set them right. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I was very weak, but I have had a good deal to go through. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In some sense, men had always used an inductive method in dealing with their immediate practical concerns. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For then you are dealing with living ideas: to search his text has its uses, but compared with the actual tradition of Marx it is the work of pedantry. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You must remember that we are dealing with a burglar who is a very peculiar fellow, and who appears to work on lines of his own. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In these preceding ten sections we have been dealing with an age of division, of separated nationalities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is a mistake in being too honest when dealing with a scoundrel. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I gave up dealing in reddle last Christmas, said Venn. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The counterpart of the isolation of mind from activities dealing with objects to accomplish ends is isolation of the subject matter to be learned. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Scarce any nation has dealt equally and impartially with every sort of industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The first letters he read were very formal, very carefully written and dealt almost entirely with local happenings. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Let me know how you would have dealt with me if you had regarded me as being what you would have considered on equal terms with you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His figures, which usually dealt with historical, mythological, or allegorical subjects, were executed in relief, and colored. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We have dealt thus lengthily with the First Crusade, because it displays completely the quality of all these expeditions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I have advised a prodigious number of clients, and have dealt with some exceedingly awkward difficulties, in my time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If he had dealt Clennam a heavy blow, instead of laying that light touch upon him, its effect could not have been to shake him more. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Economic history deals with the activities, the career, and fortunes of the common man as does no other branch of history. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It deals with the eternal and the universal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You know your master never deals with those southern traders, and never means to sell any of his servants, as long as they behave well. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The successful politician--good or bad--deals with the dynamics--with the will, the hopes, the needs and the visions of men. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A third typical story of this period deals with a cipher message for Thomas. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Who deals with the sentries? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Here he deals, among other things, with rainfall, the formation of clouds, evaporation, and the distribution and character of atmos pheric moisture. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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