/ diːd; NAmE / noun
1.
( formal , literary ) a thing that sb does that is usually very good or very bad
SYN act :
a brave / charitable / evil / good deed
a tale of heroic deeds
➡ note at action
2.
(often plural in British English) a legal document that you sign, especially one that proves that you own a house or a building :
the deeds of the house
—see also title deed
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IDIOMS
- your good deed for the day
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English dēd , dǣd , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch daad and German Tat , from an Indo-European root shared by do (I).