Deal

Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
  • (n.) Distribution; apportionment.
  • (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
  • (n.) To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.
  • (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.
  • (v. i.) To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.
  • (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
  • (v. i.) To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.

Compare deal with other words:

bet vs. deal

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dal vs. deal

dead vs. deal

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deal vs. del

deal vs. teal

deal vs. dear

deal vs. zeal

deal vs. dual

deal vs. engage

deal vs. solve

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deal vs. work

between vs. deal

communicate vs. deal

affair vs. deal

deal vs. dial

address vs. deal

deal vs. submit

counsel vs. deal

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concern vs. deal

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attend vs. deal

catch vs. deal

deal vs. plank

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conifer vs. deal

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contract vs. deal

deal vs. steal

deal vs. occasion

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deal vs. object

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deal vs. dealer

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cope vs. deal

deal vs. dispense

apportion vs. deal

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deal vs. recipient

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deal vs. pitch

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deal vs. peck

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deal vs. pot

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deal vs. load

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deal vs. mass

deal vs. flock

deal vs. distribution

apportionment vs. deal

allotment vs. deal

amount vs. deal

deal vs. lot

deal vs. indefinite

deal vs. division

deal vs. quantity

deal vs. share

deal vs. portion

deal vs. trade