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1   [deel] verb, dealt, deal·ing, noun
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.
4.
to be able to handle competently or successfully; cope (followed by with): I can't deal with your personal problems.
5.
to trade or do business (followed by with or in): to deal with a firm; to deal in used cars.
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6.
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.
7.
Slang. to buy and sell drugs illegally.
8.
Archaic. to have dealings or commerce, often in a secret or underhand manner (often followed by with): to deal with the Devil.
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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.
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14.
Slang. to trade (an athlete) to another team.
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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 preceded by good or great): a good deal of work; a great deal of money.
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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.
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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, 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

Synonyms
3. act, behave. 5. traffic. 10. allot, assign, dole; mete, dispense. 16. pact, contract.

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deal with
 
—vb
1.  to take action on: to deal with each problem in turn
2.  to punish: the headmaster will deal with the culprit
3.  to be concerned with: the book deals with Dutch art
4.  to conduct oneself (towards others), esp with regard to fairness: he can be relied on to deal fairly with everyone
5.  to do business with: the firm deals with many overseas suppliers

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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."
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Slang Dictionary

deal with (so) definition


  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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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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