Dictionary
deal
Pronunciation: (dēl), [key]
—v., dealt, deal•ing,
—n.
—
v.i.
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.
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v.t.
1. to give to one as a share; apportion:
Deal me in.
2. to distribute among a number of recipients, as the cards required in a game:
Deal five cards to each player.
3. Cards.to give a player (a specific card) in dealing:
You dealt yourself four aces.
4. to deliver; administer:
to deal a blow.
5. Slang.to buy and sell (drugs) illegally.
6. Slang.to trade (an athlete) to another team.
7. 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.
8. 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.
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n.
1. a business transaction:
They closed the deal after a week of negotiating.
2. a bargain or arrangement for mutual advantage:
the best deal in town.
3. a secret or underhand agreement or bargain:
His supporters worked a number of deals to help his campaign.
4. Informal.treatment received in dealing with another:
He got a raw deal.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. an act of dealing or distributing.
8. (
cap.) an economic and social policy pursued by a political administration:
the Fair Deal; the New Deal.
9. Obs.portion; share.
10. cut a deal, Informal.to make an agreement, esp. a business agreement:
Networks have cut a deal with foreign stations for an international hookup. deal
Pronunciation: (dēl), [key]—
n.
1. a board or plank, esp. of fir or pine, cut to any of various standard sizes.
2. such boards collectively.
3. fir or pine wood.
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adj.
made of deal.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
