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Definitions for Deal

[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.
[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.
[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 preceded by good or great ): a good deal of work; a great deal of money.
[20] Cards . the distribution of cards to the players in a game. the set of cards in one's hand. the turn of a player to deal. 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.
[24] deal off , Poker . to deal the final hand of a game. 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.
[27] a board or plank, especially of fir or pine, cut to any of various standard sizes.
[28] such boards collectively.
[29] fir or pine wood.
[30] made of deal.
[31] (intr foll by in ) to engage (in) commercially to deal in upholstery
[32] (often foll by out) to apportion (something, such as cards) to a number of people; distribute
[33] (tr) to give (a blow) to (someone); inflict
[34] (intr) slang to sell any illegal drug
[35] informal a bargain, transaction, or agreement
[36] a particular type of treatment received, esp as the result of an agreement a fair deal
[37] an indefinite amount, extent, or degree (esp in the phrases good or great deal )
[38] cards the process of distributing the cards a player's turn to do this a single round in a card game
[39] See big deal
[40] cut a deal informal , mainly US to come to an arrangement; make a deal See also deal with
[41] the real deal informal a person or thing seen as being authentic and not inferior in any way
[42] a plank of softwood timber, such as fir or pine, or such planks collectively
[43] the sawn wood of various coniferous trees, such as that from the Scots pine (red deal ) or from the Norway Spruce (white deal )
[44] of fir or pine
[45] a town in SE England, in Kent, on the English Channel: two 16th-century castles: tourism, light industries. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)

Words related to Deal

pact, accord, transaction, pledge, contract, arrangement, compromise, opportunity, game, appointment, sell, handle, negotiate, trade, participate, give, buy, conception, understanding, prearrangement

Words nearby Deal

deafferentation, deafmutism, deafness, deak, deakin, deal, deal in, deal out, deal with, dealate, dealcoholization

Origin of Deal

21375–1425; late Middle English dele < Middle Low German or Middle Dutch; see thill

Word origin for Deal

C14: from Middle Low German dele plank; see thill

Synonyms for Deal

accord, arrangement, compromise, contract, pact, pledge, transaction, buy, conception, prearrangement, understanding