deal
Other forms: dealt; deals
"Let's make a deal," a friend might say to you. That means he wants to make an agreement on something. If you pay for the gas, for example, he'll pay for the food. What a deal!
Ready to deal with all the meanings of the word deal?! You can deal a deck of cards. You can make a business deal. You can strike a deal. You can try to deal with an unfortunate situation. You can score a deal in the bargain basement. Deal comes from the Old English dǣlan, meaning "divide" and "participate."
Definitions of deal
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be in charge of, act on, or dispose of“I can deal with this crew of workers”
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administer, administrate
work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
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organise, organize
cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
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work
cause to operate or function
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come to grips, get to grips
deal with (a problem or a subject)
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dispose of
deal with or settle
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mind, take care
be in charge of or deal with
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coordinate
bring into common action, movement, or condition
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juggle
deal with simultaneously
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process
deal with in a routine way
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misconduct, mishandle, mismanage
manage badly or incompetently
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direct
be in charge of
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carry on, conduct
direct the course of; manage or control
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touch
deal with; usually used with a form of negation
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curate
organize and oversee items in a collection or exhibit
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finesse
plan, manage, or direct with subtle and skillful maneuvering
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arrange, order, put, set up
arrange thoughts, ideas, or temporal events
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give, have, hold, make, throw
organize or be responsible for
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rationalise, rationalize
structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
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pontificate
administer a pontifical office
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territorialise, territorialize
organize as a territory
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reorganise, reorganize, shake up
organize anew
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collectivise, collectivize
bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises
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tend
manage or run
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guide, steer
be a guiding or motivating force or drive
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head, lead
be in charge of
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manage, oversee, superintend, supervise
watch and direct
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operate, run
direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
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racketeer
carry on illegal business activities involving crime
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administer
direct the taking of
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direct the course of; manage or control
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take action with respect to (someone or something)
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behave in a certain way towards others
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act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
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do by, handle, treat
interact in a certain way
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comprehend, cover, embrace, encompass
include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
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theologise, theologize
treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character
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discourse, discuss, talk about
consider or examine in speech or writing
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descant
talk at great length about something of one's interest
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talk shop
discuss matters that are related to work
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do by, handle, treat
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take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
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contemplate
consider as a possibility
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dally, play, trifle
consider not very seriously
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abstract
consider apart from a particular case or instance
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warm to
become excited about
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entertain, flirt with, think about, think of, toy with
take into consideration, have in view
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think about
have on one's mind, think about actively
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come to terms with
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extemporize, improvise
manage in a makeshift way; make do with whatever is at hand
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fend
try to manage without help
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cut, hack
be able to manage or manage successfully
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rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by
manage one's existence barely
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cope with, match, meet
satisfy or fulfill
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an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each“he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals”
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synonyms:
bargain
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agreement, understanding
the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
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agreement, understanding
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the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)“he got a good deal on his car”
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fair deal, square deal
fair treatment
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raw deal
unfair treatment
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final result, outcome, result, resultant, termination
something that results
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fair deal, square deal
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distribute cards to the players in a game“Who's dealing?”
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misdeal
deal cards wrongly
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administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole, dole out, lot, mete, mete out, parcel out, shell out
administer or bestow, as in small portions
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misdeal
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administer or bestow, as in small portions“deal a blow to someone”
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synonyms:
administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole, dole out, lot, mete, mete out, parcel out, shell out
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allot, assign, portion
give out
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reallot
allot again
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apply, give
give or convey physically
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allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
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allocate, apportion
distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
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misdeal
deal cards wrongly
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tread
apply (the tread) to a tire
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administer
perform (a church sacrament) ritually
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give
transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
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give (a specific card) to a player
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give out as one's portion or share
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synonyms:
apportion, divvy up, portion out, share
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distribute, give out, hand out, pass out
give to several people
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distribute, give out, hand out, pass out
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the act of apportioning or distributing something“the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions”
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new deal
a reapportioning of something
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allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
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new deal
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the act of distributing playing cards“the deal was passed around the table clockwise”
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misdeal
an incorrect deal
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distribution
the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
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misdeal
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the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
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hand
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bridge hand
the cards held in a game of bridge
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poker hand
the 5 cards held in a game of poker
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chicane
a bridge hand that is void of trumps
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royal flush
a poker hand with the ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 all in the same suit
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straight flush
a poker hand with consecutive cards in the same suit
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full house
a poker hand with 3 of a kind and a pair
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flush
a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
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straight
a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
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pair
a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
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accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood“She deals in gold”
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sell
be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
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push
sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)
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black marketeer
deal on the black market
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pyramid
use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
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market
deal in a market
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hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend
sell or offer for sale from place to place
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transact
conduct business
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sell
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sell
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a particular instance of buying or selling“it was a package deal”
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synonyms:
business deal, trade
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arms deal
a deal to provide military arms
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penny ante
a business deal on a trivial scale
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dealing, dealings, transaction
the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
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arms deal
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(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent“a deal of trouble”
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synonyms:
batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
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barrage, deluge, flood, flurry, inundation, torrent
an overwhelming number or amount
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haymow
a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
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large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
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barrage, deluge, flood, flurry, inundation, torrent
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wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
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a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
Pronunciation
US
/dil/
UK
/dil/
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