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.

Inputed by Harlow

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

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