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deal⋅ing

  [dee-ling]
Use Dealing in a Sentence
–noun
1. Usually, dealings. relations; business: frequent dealings; commercial dealings.
2. conduct in relations to others; treatment: honest dealing.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME deling. See deal 1 , -ing 1
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deal

1  [deel] verb, dealt, deal⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to occupy oneself or itself (usually fol. by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
2. to take action with respect to a thing or person (fol. by with): Law courts must deal with lawbreakers.
3. to conduct oneself toward persons: He deals fairly.
4. to be able to handle competently or successfully; cope (fol. by with): I can't deal with your personal problems.
5. to trade or do business (fol. by with or in): to deal with a firm; to deal in used cars.
6. to distribute, esp. the cards in a game (often fol. by out): to deal out five hands of six cards each; your turn to deal.
7. Slang. to buy and sell drugs illegally.
8. Archaic. to have dealings or commerce, often in a secret or underhand manner (often fol. by with): to deal with the Devil.
–verb (used with object)
9. to give to one as a share; apportion: Deal me in.
10. to distribute among a number of recipients, as the cards required in a game: Deal five cards to each player.
11. Cards. to give a player (a specific card) in dealing: You dealt yourself four aces.
12. to deliver; administer: to deal a blow.
13. Slang. to buy and sell (drugs) illegally.
14. Slang. to trade (an athlete) to another team.
–noun
15. a business transaction: They closed the deal after a week of negotiating.
16. a bargain or arrangement for mutual advantage: the best deal in town.
17. a secret or underhand agreement or bargain: His supporters worked a number of deals to help his campaign.
18. Informal. treatment received in dealing with another: He got a raw deal.
19. an indefinite but large quantity, amount, extent, or degree (usually prec. by good or great): a good deal of work; a great deal of money.
20. Cards.
a. the distribution of cards to the players in a game.
b. the set of cards in one's hand.
c. the turn of a player to deal.
d. the period of time during which a deal is played.
21. an act of dealing or distributing.
22. (initial capital letter) an economic and social policy pursued by a political administration: the Fair Deal; the New Deal.
23. Obsolete. portion; share.
—Verb phrase
24. deal off,
a. Poker. to deal the final hand of a game.
b. Slang. to get rid of or trade (something or someone) in a transaction.
—Idioms
25. cut a deal, Informal. to make an agreement, esp. a business agreement: Networks have cut a deal with foreign stations for an international hookup.
26. deal someone in, Slang. to include: He was making a lot of dough in the construction business so I got him to deal me in.
Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME delen, OE dǣlan (c. G teilen), deriv. of dǣl part (c. G Teil); (n.) in part deriv. of the v.; (in defs. 19 and 23) ME deel, del(e), OE dǣl

Synonyms:
3. act, behave. 5. traffic. 10. allot, assign, dole; mete, dispense. 16. pact, contract.
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deal 1   (dēl)   
v.   dealt (dělt), deal·ing, deals

v.   tr.
  1. To give out as a share or portion; apportion.
  2. To distribute among several recipients. See Synonyms at distribute.
  3. To sell: deal prescriptions; deal cocaine.
  4. To administer; deliver: dealt him a blow to the stomach.
  5. Games
    1. To distribute (playing cards) among players.
    2. To give (a specific card) to a player while so distributing.
v.   intr.
  1. To be occupied or concerned: a book that deals with the Middle Ages.
  2. To behave in a specified way toward another or others; have transactions: deal honestly with competitors.
  3. To take action with respect to someone or something: The committee will deal with this complaint. See Synonyms at treat.
  4. To do business; trade: dealing in diamonds.
  5. Games To distribute playing cards.
  6. Slang To buy and sell drugs, especially illegally.
  7. Slang To cope: You've got no choice—just deal with it!
n.  
  1. The act or a round of apportioning or distributing.
  2. Games
    1. Distribution of playing cards.
    2. The cards so distributed; a hand.
    3. The right or turn of a player to distribute the cards.
    4. The playing of one hand.
    5. A business transaction.
    6. An agreement, especially one that is mutually beneficial. See Synonyms at bargain.
  3. An indefinite quantity, extent, or degree: has a great deal of experience.
  4. An agreement often arranged secretly, as in business or politics.
    1. A business transaction.
    2. An agreement, especially one that is mutually beneficial. See Synonyms at bargain.
  6. Informal A sale favorable especially to the buyer; a bargain.
  7. Informal Treatment received: a raw deal; a fair deal.

[Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan, to divide, share; see dail- in Indo-European roots.]
deal·ing   (dē'lĭng)   
n.  
  1. dealings Transactions or relations with others, usually in business.
  2. Method or manner of conduct in relation to others; treatment: honest dealing.
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Dealing

Deal"ing\, n. The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person.

Double dealing, insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity.

Plain dealing, fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Dealing
Spanish: relaciones, transacciones, negocios,
German: der Umgang,
Japanese: 取り引き
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