deal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.3.2.2 Derived terms 1.3.2.3 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Synonyms 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.4.2 Adjective 1.4.2.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Romanian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: dēl, IPA: /diːl/, SAMPA: /di:l/
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• Rhymes: -iːl

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English dǣl.

[edit] Noun

deal (plural deals)

1. (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.

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

2. (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (usually qualified by great or good.)

   Skydiving requires a good deal of courage.

   I'm a good deal older than I used to be.

   That doesn't make a great deal of sense.

[edit] Synonyms

• (large number or amount or extent): batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
• (act of apportioning or distributing): allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out, sharing, sharing out

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English dǣlan, from Proto-Germanic *delja-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail-. Cognate with Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“‘divide’”), Russian делить.

[edit] Verb

to deal (third-person singular simple present deals, present participle dealing, simple past and past participle dealt)

1. (transitive) 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.

2. (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.

   I dealt him a mighty blow

3. To distribute cards to the players in a game.

   I was dealt four aces.

   The cards were shuffled and dealt by the croupier.

4. (baseball) To pitch.

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

5. (intransitive) To have dealings or business.

   Now you'll have to deal with me.

6. (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in)

   She deals in gold.

7. (transitive) To sell (illicit drugs.)

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

8. (intransitive) To be concerned with.

   The film dealt with a sensitive subject.

9. (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.

   There's only one way to deal with people like her.

   I can't deal with this.

[edit] Synonyms

• (distribute among a number of recipients): apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out
• (administer in portions): administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
• (distribute (cards)):
• (baseball slang: to pitch): pitch, throw
• (have dealings with)
• (trade): sell, trade, bargain
• (sell (illicit drugs)): sell
• (be concerned with)
• (handle, cope)

[edit] Derived terms

• deal with
• dealer
• dealy

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[edit] Noun

deal (plural deals)

1. (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing.
2. 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.

3. A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction

   We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.

4. An agreement between parties; an arrangement

   He made a deal with the devil.

   It's a deal!

5. (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.

   "I've never killed anybody before. I don't see what's the big deal."

   Line spoken by character played by John Travolta in the movie Broken Arrow.

   What's the deal?

6. (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.

   The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.

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• (cards held in a card game by a player at any given time): hand
• (instance of buying or selling): business deal, sale, trade, transaction
• (agreement between parties fixing obligations of each): contract, pact

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[edit] Etymology 3

Middle Low German dele, cognate with Old English þille.

[edit] Noun

deal (plural deals)

1. (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
2. (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

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• (wood that is easy to saw, from conifers such as pine or fir):
• (plank of softwood):

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[edit] Adjective

deal (not comparable)

1. Made of deal.

   A plain deal table

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[edit] Anagrams

• dale
• lade
• lead

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From a Slavonic language. Compare Croatian dol.

[edit] Noun

deal f. and m.

1. hill