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deal

Pronunciation: /ˈdiːl/

The English word “deal” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
  2. An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
  3. An act of dealing or sharing out.
  4. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
  5. A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
  6. A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
  7. An agreement between parties; an arrangement.

verb

  1. To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
  2. To administer or give out, as in small portions.
  3. To take action with regard to someone or something.
  4. To distribute cards to the players in a game.
  5. deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
  6. To pitch.
  7. To have dealings or business.
  8. To conduct oneself, to behave.
  9. To take action; to act.
  10. To trade professionally (followed by in).
  11. To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
  12. To be concerned with.
  13. To handle, to manage, to cope.

Etymology

From Middle English del, dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-West Germanic *daili, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰ(h₁)-oy-lo- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Scots dele (“part, portion”), West Frisian diel (“part, share”), Dutch deel (“part, share, portion”), German Teil (“part, portion, section”), Danish, Slovene, and Swedish…

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