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verb (used without object)
1.
to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed 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 (followed by with): Law courts must deal with lawbreakers.
3.
to conduct oneself toward persons: He deals fairly.
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to be able to handle competently or successfully; cope (followed by with): I can't deal with your personal problems.
5.
EXPANDto trade or do business (followed by with or in): to deal with a firm; to deal in used cars.
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to distribute, especially the cards in a game (often followed by out): to deal out five hands of six cards each; your turn to deal.
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Slang. to buy and sell drugs illegally.
8.
COLLAPSEverb (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.
12.
to deliver; administer: to deal a blow.
13.
EXPANDSlang. to buy and sell (drugs) illegally.
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COLLAPSESlang. to trade (an athlete) to another team.
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Deal in
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
Verb phrase15.
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.
EXPANDan indefinite but large quantity, amount, extent, or degree (usually preceded by good or great): a good deal of work; a great deal of money.
20.
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.
COLLAPSEObsolete. portion; share.
24.
Idiomsdeal 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.
25.
cut a deal, Informal. to make an agreement, especially 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:
before 900; (v.) Middle English delen, Old English dǣlan (cognate with German teilen), derivative of dǣl part (cognate with German Teil); (noun) in part derivative of the v.; (in defs. 19 and 23) Middle English deel, del(e), Old English dǣl
before 900; (v.) Middle English delen, Old English dǣlan (cognate with German teilen), derivative of dǣl part (cognate with German Teil); (noun) in part derivative of the v.; (in defs. 19 and 23) Middle English deel, del(e), Old English dǣl
Synonyms
3. act, behave. 5. traffic. 10. allot, assign, dole; mete, dispense. 16. pact, contract.
3. act, behave. 5. traffic. 10. allot, assign, dole; mete, dispense. 16. pact, contract.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
deal
"plank or board of pine," c.1400, from Low Ger. (cf. M.L.G. dele), from P.Gmc. *theljon. An O.E. derivative was þelu "hewn wood, board, flooring."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
deal in
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Also, deal with. Be occupied or concerned with, as in Jim deals in generalities, or This book deals with idioms. The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from about 1300.
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Do business or trade in something, as in They deal in diamonds. [Late 1500s] Also see deal with.
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deal someone in. Also, . Include someone, give someone a share, as in I hope they'll deal me in on this new enterprise. This usage comes from card games, where to deal has meant "to distribute cards" since the 16th century. [Early 1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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