DEAL


Meaning of DEAL in English

noun distribution; apportionment.

2. deal ·noun wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.

3. deal ·noun the process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.

4. deal ·vi to make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.

5. deal ·vi to conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.

6. deal ·vi to contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.

7. deal ·noun specifically: to distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.

8. deal ·noun an arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties;

— applied to stock speculations and political bargains.

9. deal ·vi to act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements;

— followed by between or with.

10. deal ·noun a part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

11. deal ·noun to divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively;

— sometimes with out.

12. deal ·vi to do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.

13. deal ·noun the division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. if narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.

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