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1 /dil/ Show Spelled [deel] Show IPA verb,dealt, deal·ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
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.
–verb (used with object)
9.
to give to one as a share; apportion: Deal me in.
10.
to distribute among a number of recipients, as the cards required in a game: Deal five cards to each player.
11.
Cards. to give a player (a specific card) in dealing: You dealt yourself four aces.
12.
to deliver; administer: to deal a blow.
13.
Slang. to buy and sell (drugs) illegally.
14.
Slang. to trade (an athlete) to another team.
–noun
15.
a business transaction: They closed the deal after a week of negotiating.
16.
a bargain or arrangement for mutual advantage: the best deal in town.
17.
a secret or underhand agreement or bargain: His supporters worked a number of deals to help his campaign.
18.
Informal. treatment received in dealing with another: He got a raw deal.
19.
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.
20.
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.
21.
an act of dealing or distributing.
22.
(initial capital letter) an economic and social policy pursued by a political administration: the Fair Deal; the New Deal.
23.
Obsolete. portion; share.
—Verb phrase
24.
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.
—Idioms
25.
cut a deal, Informal. to make an agreement, esp. a business agreement: Networks have cut a deal with foreign stations for an international hookup.
26.
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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Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME delen, OE dǣlan (c. G teilen), deriv. of dǣl part (c. G Teil); (n.) in part deriv. of the v.; (in defs. 19 and 23) ME deel, del(e), OE dǣl
—Synonyms
3. act, behave. 5. traffic. 10. allot, assign, dole; mete, dispense. 16. pact, contract.