[deel] 
verb, dealt, deal⋅ing, noun | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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.
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| 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. |
| 24. | deal off,
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| 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. |
deal in
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.
Do business or trade in something, as in They deal in diamonds. [Late 1500s] Also see deal with.
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]