Dictionary entries for 'deal'

Synonyms

deal¹ (dēl)

[Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan, to divide, share.]

verb: dealt (dĕlt), deal·ing, deals.

To give out as a share or portion; apportion.
To distribute among several recipients. See synonyms at distribute
To sell: deal prescriptions; deal cocaine.
To administer; deliver: dealt him a blow to the stomach.
Games
1. To distribute (playing cards) among players.
2. To give (a specific card) to a player while so distributing.

To be occupied or concerned: a book that deals with the Middle Ages.
To behave in a specified way toward another or others; have transactions: deal honestly with competitors.
To take action with respect to someone or something: The committee will deal with this complaint. See synonyms at treat
To do business; trade: dealing in diamonds.
Games To distribute playing cards.
Slang To buy and sell drugs, especially illegally.
Slang To cope: You've got no choice—just deal with it!

The act or a round of apportioning or distributing.
Games
1. Distribution of playing cards.
2. The cards so distributed; a hand.
3. The right or turn of a player to distribute the cards.
4. The playing of one hand.
An indefinite quantity, extent, or degree: has a great deal of experience.
An agreement often arranged secretly, as in business or politics.
1. A business transaction.
2. An agreement, especially one that is mutually beneficial. See synonyms at bargain
Informal A sale favorable especially to the buyer; a bargain.
Informal Treatment received: a raw deal; a fair deal.

deal² (dēl)

[Middle English dele, from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German dele, plank.]

1. A fir or pine board cut to standard dimensions.
2. Such boards or planks considered as a group.
Fir or pine wood.