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deal1       [deel] Pronunciation Key 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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deal2       [deel] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a board or plank, esp. of fir or pine, cut to any of various standard sizes.
2.such boards collectively.
3.fir or pine wood.
–adjective
4.made of deal.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME dele < MLG or MD; see thill]
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deal 1       (dēl)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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deal 2       (dēl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A fir or pine board cut to standard dimensions.
    2. Such boards or planks considered as a group.
  2. Fir or pine wood.


[Middle English dele, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German dele, plank.]

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deal  (1)
from O.E. dæl "part, share, quantity," and its verbal derivative dælan "to divide," from P.Gmc. *dailaz; also found in Balto-Slavic (cf. O.C.S. delu "part," Lith. dalis). Meaning "to distribute cards before a game" is from 1529; business sense is 1837, originally slang. Meaning "an amount" is from 1562. New Deal is from F.D. Roosevelt speech of July 1932. Big deal is 1928; ironic use first recorded 1951 in "Catcher in the Rye." To deal with "handle" is attested from 1469. Dealership is from 1916.

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deal  (2)
"plank or board of pine," 1402, from Low Ger. (cf. M.L.G. dele), from P.Gmc. *theljon. An O.E. derivative was þelu "hewn wood, board, flooring."

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deal

noun
1. 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" 
2. an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" [syn: bargain] 
3. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch] 
4. a plank of softwood (fir or pine board) 
5. wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) [syn: softwood] 
6. the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" [syn: hand] 
7. the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car" 
8. the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise" 
9. the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions" 

verb
1. act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" [syn: cover] 
2. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: consider] 
3. 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" 
4. come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope] 
5. administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" 
6. do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" 
7. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn: manage] 
8. behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees" 
9. distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?" 
10. direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" [syn: conduct] 
11. give out as one's portion or share [syn: share] 
12. give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" 
13. sell; "deal hashish" 

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deal

In addition to the idioms beginning with deal, also see big deal; close the sale (deal); cut a deal; done deal; good deal; make a federal case (big deal); no deal; raw deal; square deal; sweeten the kitty (deal); wheel and deal.


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Main Entry: deal
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: dealt; deal·ing
transitive verb : to carry on the business of buying or esp. selling (something) <dealing drugs> intransitive verb 1 : to engage in bargaining
2 : to sell or distribute something as a business or for money <dealing in real estate> <deal in stolen property>

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Main Entry: deal
Function: noun
1 : an act of dealing : a business transaction
2 : an arrangement for mutual advantage (as for a defendant to testify in exchange for immunity from prosecution)

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Deal Island, MD Zip code(s): 21821

Deal, NJ (borough, FIPS 16660) Location: 40.24980 N, 73.99725 W
Population (1990): 1179 (977 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 07723

New Deal, TX (town, FIPS 50916) Location: 33.73134 N, 101.83815 W
Population (1990): 521 (200 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Deal

Deal\ (d[=e]l), n. [OE. del, deel, part, AS. d[=ae]l; akin to OS. d[=e]l, D. & Dan. deel, G. theil, teil, Icel. deild, Sw. del, Goth. dails. [root]65. Cf. 3d Dole.]

1. 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.

Three tenth deals [parts of an ephah] of flour. --Num. xv. 9.

As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power. --M. Arnold.

She was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. --W. Black.

Note: It was formerly limited by some, every, never a, a thousand, etc.; as, some deal; but these are now obsolete or vulgar. In general, we now qualify the word with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by being understood; as, a great deal of time and pains; a great (or good) deal better or worse; that is, better by a great deal, or by a great part or difference.

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

The deal, the shuffle, and the cut. --Swift.

3. Distribution; apportionment. [Colloq.]

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

5. [Prob. from D. deel a plank, threshing floor. See Thill.] 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.

Note: Whole deal is a general term for planking one and one half inches thick.

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

Deal tree, a fir tree. --Dr. Prior.

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Deal

Deal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dealt (d[e^]lt); p. pr. & vb. n. Dealing.] [OE. delen, AS. d[=ae]lan, fr. d[=ae]l share; akin to OS. d[=e]lian, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel. deila, Sw. dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan. See Deal, n.]

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

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? --Is. lviii. 7.

And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold. --Tickell.

The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. --Gay.

Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt. --Dryden.

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

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Deal\, v. i. 1. To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.

2. 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.

They buy and sell, they deal and traffic. --South.

This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants deal but for parcels. --Dr. H. More.

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

Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either. --Bacon.

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

If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he will acknowledge all this to be true. --Tillotson.

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

To deal by, to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well by servants. "Such an one deals not fairly by his own mind." --Locke.

To deal in. (a) To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as, they deal in political matters. (b) To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or wholesaler; as, they deal in fish.

To deal with. (a) To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill; to have to do with; specifically, to trade with. "Dealing with witches." --Shak. (b) To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with.

The deacons of his church, who, to use their own phrase, "dealt with him" on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out. --Hawthorne.

Return . . . and I will deal well with thee. --Gen. xxxii. 9.

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