deal
IPA: dˈiɫ
noun
- (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
- (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
- (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing out.
- (card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
- A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
- (in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
- An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
- (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
- (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
- (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
- (countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.
- (a) Male genitalia.
- A coastal town in Kent, England.
verb
- (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
- (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- (transitive, intransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
- (transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
- (baseball) To pitch.
- (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
- (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
- (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
- (transitive, intransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
- (intransitive) To be concerned with.
- (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
adjective
- Made of deal.
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Examples of "deal" in Sentences
- The man accepted the deal.
- Chicago has finalized a deal.
- It deals with the above conundrum.
- There is no need to deal with cants.
- The terms of the deal are not disclosed.
- They were to deal with the essentialness.
- The pricing of the deal was not disclosed.
- This was forestalled by the collapse of the deal.
- The deal modifies the previously signed but unfulfilled Wye agreement.
- Malvinder Singh also said that this was a strategical deal and not a sell out.
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