deal

Speech parts

1. deal - Noun

2. deal - Adjective

3. deal - Verb

4. Deal - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.

Distribution; apportionment.

An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.

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.

Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.

To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.

Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.

To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.

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.

To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.

To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.

To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

trade share handle manage administer bargain mete out mass peck take business mint address agreement understanding
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Antonyms

inca gulf fleck dram atom octave
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Hypernyms

control result hand give move trade

Hyponyms

hawk dally monger vend process work

Phrases with the word

big deal no big deal it's a deal sweeten the deal deal with it close the deal

Derivatives

dealt dealing

Anagrams

dale lade lead Leda Adel adle ALDE Dela

Examples

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. Henry James

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. Saul Bellow

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. Albert Camus

A good deal for two, is a clip on the ears of a third. Finnish Proverb

The spider and the fly can't make a deal. Jamaican Proverb

Kif is like fire; a little warms, a great deal burns. Moroccan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

deair Deak Deakin deal a bad hand deal a body blow deal a death blow