Deal

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A fir or pine board cut to standard dimensions.
  • noun. Such boards or planks considered as a group.
  • noun. Fir or pine wood.
  • intransitive verb. To give out in shares or portions; apportion: synonym: distribute.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To distribute (playing cards) among players.
  • intransitive verb. To give (a specific card) to a player while so distributing.
  • intransitive verb. To sell.
  • intransitive verb. To administer; deliver.
  • intransitive verb. To be occupied or concerned.
  • intransitive verb. To behave in a specified way toward another or others; have transactions.
  • intransitive verb. To take action with respect to someone or something.
  • intransitive verb. To cope.
  • intransitive verb. To do business; trade.
  • intransitive verb. To distribute playing cards.
  • intransitive verb. To buy and sell drugs, especially illegally.
  • intransitive verb. To throw a pitch.
  • noun. The act or a round of apportioning or distributing.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Distribution of playing cards.
  • noun. The cards so distributed; a hand.
  • noun. The right or turn of a player to distribute the cards.
  • noun. The playing of one hand.
  • noun. An indefinite quantity, extent, or degree.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An agreement, especially one that is mutually beneficial. synonym: agreement.
  • noun. A business transaction.
  • noun. A legal contract.
  • noun. A sale favorable especially to the buyer; a bargain.
  • noun. Treatment received.
  • noun. The situation or background information regarding something.
  • phrasal verb. To include (someone) in a card game by dealing cards to that person.
  • phrasal verb. To include (someone) in an enterprise or undertaking.
  • phrasal verb. To exclude (someone) from a card game by not giving cards to that person.
  • phrasal verb. To exclude (someone) from an enterprise or undertaking.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To divide; part; separate; hence, to divide in portions; apportion; distribute, as, in card-playing, to give to each player the proper number of cards: often followed by out.
  • To distribute to.
  • To scatter; hurl; throw about; deliver: as, to deal out blows.
  • To engage in mutual intercourse or transactions of any kind; have to do with a person or thing, or be concerned in a matter: absolutely or with with or in.
  • Specifically To negotiate or make bargains; traffic or trade: with a person, in articles: as, he deals in pig-iron.
  • To negotiate corruptly; make a secret agreement; conspire: with with.
  • To intervene as a mediator or middleman.
  • To act; behave: in a matter, with, by, or toward a person or thing.
  • noun. A board or plank.
  • noun. Wood of fir or pine, such as deals are made from: as, a floor of deal.
  • noun. A part; portion; share.
  • noun. Hence An indefinite quantity, degree, or extent: as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of snow; a deal of money. In this sense usually qualified with great or good: as, a great deal of labor; a good deal of one's time.
  • noun. The division or distribution of cards in playing; the act or practice of dealing; the right or privilege of distributing the cards; a single round, during which all the cards dealt at one time are played.
  • noun. Hence, a bargain or arrangement among a number of persons for mutual advantage as against others; a secret commercial or political transaction for the exclusive benefit of those engaged in it: as, a deal in wheat or cotton; they made a deal for the division of the offices.
  • Word Usage
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    Form
    deal with  dealer  dealing  dealt  dealy  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    acquit  act  agreement  bear  behave  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Biel  Brasil  Camille  Cecile  Cele  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Bill  God  Writings  amount  beer  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    dealt  
    verb-form
    dealing  deals  dealt