deal

Meanings

Noun

• A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
• An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
• An act of dealing or sharing out.
• The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
• A particular instance of buying or selling; a transaction
• Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
• An agreement between parties; an arrangement
• A situation, occasion, or event.
• A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
• Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
• A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
• A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.

Verb

• To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
• To administer or give out, as in small portions.
• To distribute cards to the players in a game.
• To pitch.
• To have dealings or business.
• To conduct oneself, to behave.
• To take action; to act.
• To trade professionally (followed by in).
• To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
• To be concerned with.
• To handle, to manage, to cope.

Adjective

• Made of deal.

Related

Similar words

• apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out
• administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
• pitch, throw
• sell, trade, bargain
• sell
• hand
• business deal, sale, trade, transaction
• steal, bargain
• contract, pact

Origin

• From Middle English del, dele, from Old English dǣl, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail- ("part, watershed"). Cognate with Scots dele ("part, portion"), West Frisian diel ("part, share"), Dutch deel ("part, share, portion"), German Teil ("part, portion, section"), Danish del ("part"), Swedish del ("part, portion, piece") Icelandic deila ("division, contention"), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 ("portion"), Slovene del ("part"). Related to Old English dāl ("portion"). More at dole.
• From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan, from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail- ("part, watershed").
• Cognate with West Frisian diele ("to divide, separate"), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti ("divide"), Russian дели́ть.
• From Middle English dele, from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ; cognate with Old English þille. thill.