New Deal

English

Etymology

Deal refers to the distribution of cards in a card game. A new deal results in a new deck, thus a new (supposedly) fair distribution of chances, i.e. figuratively (in the original use) new opportunities in life for everyone.

Proper noun

New Deal

1. A series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938 in response to the Great Depression, focusing on relief, recovery, and reform.

Derived terms

• Green New Deal
• New Dealer
• New Dealism

Related terms

• square deal

Translations

series of domestic programs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅斯福新政／罗斯福新政 (Luósīfú xīnzhèng)

• Finnish: New Deal
• Polish: Nowy Ład m
• Portuguese: New Deal m

Anagrams

• Lenwade, Wealden