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deal

1  [deel] verb, dealt, deal⋅ing, noun
Use deal with in a Sentence
–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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Slang Dictionary
deal with (so)

  1. in.
    to kill someone. (From the milder expression meaning to cope with or tend to someone.) : The agent planned how best to deal with the rebel leader without getting caught.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

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)
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

deal with

  1. See deal in, def. 1.

  2. Do business with someone, as in I like dealing with this company. [Late 1600s] Also see deal in, def. 2.

  3. Take action in, handle, administer, dispose of, as in The committee will deal with this matter. [Second half of 1400s]

  4. Act in a specified way toward someone, as in He dealt extremely fairly with his competitors. [c. 1300]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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