Deal

English

Noun

Deal (plural Deals)

An agreement between parties; an arrangement
A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction
Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
(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.
The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
(uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
(countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

Verb

Deal (third-person singular simple present deals, present participle dealing, simple past and past participle dealt)

(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.
To distribute cards to the players in a game.
(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) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
(intransitive) To be concerned with.
(intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.

Adjective

Deal (not comparable)

Made of deal.

Adjectives for Deal

neighborly; momentous; shady; dirty; legi¬timate; ill-savored; unprotected; square; devised; financial; business; backstairs; important; great; vast; infinite; complete; skin; wandering; famished; sensational; new; tremendous; parlor; wonder; made-to-order ; timed-to-the-minute; combination; bargain; smashing; pace-setting; thrilling.

Verbs for Deal

arrange—; bargain—; benefit by—; carry on—; clinch—; close—; concoct—; dis¬close—; engage in—; engineer—; engross in—; enter—; involve in—; participate in—; put over—; transact—; unfold—; —fizzles (colloq.); —promises.

Adverbs for Deal

ceremoniously; promptly; ruthlessly; bountifully; primarily; heedlessly; discreetly; severely; summarily; zestfully; scientifically; munificently; adequately; rigorously; gratuitously; momentously; legitimately; financially; sensationally; thrillingly; persuasively; exclusively; competently; plainly; brilliantly.

Synonyms for Deal

noun

(act of apportioning or distributing): allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out, sharing, sharing out
(large number or amount or extent): batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
(cards held in a card game by a player at any given time): hand
(instance of buying or selling): business deal, sale, trade, transaction
(a beneficial transaction): steal, bargain
(agreement between parties fixing obligations of each): contract, pact
(wood that is easy to saw, from conifers such as pine or fir):
(plank of softwood):
agreement, affair, racket, conspiracy

verb

(distribute among a number of recipients): apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out
(administer in portions): administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
(distribute (cards)):
(baseball slang: to pitch): pitch, throw
(have dealings with):
(trade): sell, trade, bargain
(sell (illicit drugs)): sell
(be concerned with):
(handle, cope):
distribute, give, barter, allocate, mete.

Antonyms for Deal

(verb) take, keep, retain, hold, receive.

Derived terms

(indefinite quantity): a great deal, a good deal, big deal, real deal
deal with
dealer
dealy

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "deal"

Thesaurus

interchange, interest, intrigues, ironclad agreement, issue, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, large amount, lashings, lath, lathing, lathwork, lavish, leaf, legal agreement, legal contract, let have, let have it, line, line up, loads, lobbying, lobbyism, log, lot, lots, lumber, marshal, measure, measure out, meed, membrane, mess, mete, mete out, mint, modicum, moiety, mutual agreement, mutual concession, negotiation, number, obligation, offer, oodles, operation, pack, package deal, pact, paction, pane, panel, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, parcel, parcel out, part, partake, participate, partition, pass around, paste, patina, pay out, peck, peel, pellicle, percentage, piece, pile, piles, place, plait, plan, plank, planking, plate, plating, ploys, plunk, ply, plyboard, plywood, poke, pole, portion, portion out, post, pot, pour, present, proffer, program, project, promise, proportion, proposition, protocol, punch, puncheon, quantity, quantum, quite a little, quota, raft, rafts, rain, rake-off, rally, range, rasher, ration, reckon with, regiment, render, ropes, safety glass, scads, schemes, scum, see to, segment, serve, set out, settlement, shake, share, sheathing, sheathing board, sheet, sheeting, shell out, shingle, shower, sideboard, siding, sight, skin, slab, slam, slat, slew, slews, slice, slip, slog, slug, smack, small amount, small share, smite, snap, snow, soak, sock, softwood, space, spate, splat, spoon out, stack, stacks, stake, stave, stick, stick of wood, stipulation, stock, stovewood, strike, strike at, strings, sum, surrender, swap, swap horses, swat, swipe, switch, table, tablet, take care of, take in exchange, task, tender, three-by-four, thump, thwack, tidy sum, timber, timbering, timberwork, trade, trade in, trade off, trade sight unseen, trade-in, traffic, transaction, treat, truck, turn, two-by-four, understanding, undertaking, union contract, valid contract, veneer, venture, vouchsafe, wad, wads, wafer, wage contract, wallop, weatherboard, whack, wham, whole slew, whop, wire-pulling, wires, wood, work, yerk, yield, yielding, Byzantine intrigues, abatement of differences, accommodation, accord, act, act on, adjustment, administer, affair, afford, agreement, align, allocate, allot, allotment, allow, allowance, amount, apportion, arrangement, array, attempt, attend to, award, backstairs influence, bang, bargain, barter, bash, bat, batch, beam, behave, belt, bestow, bestow on, biff, big end, bigger half, billet, binding agreement, bit, bite, blind bargain, board, boarding, bond, bonk, budget, bunch, business, business deal, buy and sell, cartel, change, chunk, clap, clapboard, clip, clobber, clout, clump, clutch, coat, coating, coldcock, collective agreement, collocate, collop, commercial transaction, commission, commitment, communicate, compact, compose, composition, compromise, concession, confer, connections, considerable, consortium, contingent, contract, convention, cop-out, cord, cordwood, count, covenant, covenant of salt, covering, crack, cut, dash, deal a blow, deal out, deal with, deals, deck, deliver, desertion of principle, destiny, dicker, disburse, dish out, disk, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, divide, dividend, divvy, do business, dole, dole out, donate, dose, driftwood, effort, employment contract, end, engage in, engagement, enterprise, equal share, evasion of responsibility, exchange, extend, extent, fate, fetch, fetch a blow, feuille, film, firewood, fix, flap, foil, fold, fork out, formal agreement, games, gift, gift with, give, give freely, give in exchange, give out, give-and-take, giving way, gob, gobs, good deal, grant, grapple with, great deal, group, half, halver, hand out, handle, hard bargain, hardwood, heap, heaps, help to, helping, hit, hit a clip, horse trade, horse-trade, hunk, impart, inflict, influence peddling,

Pronunciation

enPR: dēl, IPA: /diːl/, SAMPA: /di:l/
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Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1

From Middle English dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), 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”), Icelandic deila (“division, contention”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (dails, “portion”). Related to Old English dāl (“portion”). More at dole.

Etymology 2

From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-Germanic *dailijanan (“to divide, part, deal”), 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 делить.