Deal Definition

–verb (used without object)

1.	to occupy oneself or itself (usually fol. by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.

2.	to take action with respect to a thing or person (fol. by with): Law courts must deal with lawbreakers.

3.	to conduct oneself toward persons: He deals fairly.

4.	to be able to handle competently or successfully; cope (fol. by with): I can't deal with your personal problems.

5.	to trade or do business (fol. by with or in): to deal with a firm; to deal in used cars.

6.	to distribute, esp. the cards in a game (often fol. by out): to deal out five hands of six cards each; your turn to deal.

7.	Slang. to buy and sell drugs illegally.

8.	Archaic. to have dealings or commerce, often in a secret or underhand manner (often fol. by with): to deal with the Devil.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to give to one as a share; apportion: Deal me in.

10.	to distribute among a number of recipients, as the cards required in a game: Deal five cards to each player.

11.	Cards. to give a player (a specific card) in dealing: You dealt yourself four aces.

12.	to deliver; administer: to deal a blow.

13.	Slang. to buy and sell (drugs) illegally.

14.	Slang. to trade (an athlete) to another team.

–noun

15.	a business transaction: They closed the deal after a week of negotiating.

16.	a bargain or arrangement for mutual advantage: the best deal in town.

17.	a secret or underhand agreement or bargain: His supporters worked a number of deals to help his campaign.

18.	Informal. treatment received in dealing with another: He got a raw deal.

19.	an indefinite but large quantity, amount, extent, or degree (usually prec. by good or great): a good deal of work; a great deal of money.

20.	Cards. a. the distribution of cards to the players in a game. b. the set of cards in one's hand. c. the turn of a player to deal. d. the period of time during which a deal is played.

21.	an act of dealing or distributing.

22.	(initial capital letter) an economic and social policy pursued by a political administration: the Fair Deal; the New Deal.

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23.	Obsolete. portion; share.

—Verb phrase

24.	deal off, a. Poker. to deal the final hand of a game. b. Slang. to get rid of or trade (something or someone) in a transaction.

—Idioms

25.	cut a deal, Informal. to make an agreement, esp. a business agreement: Networks have cut a deal with foreign stat 535 ions for an international hookup.

26.	deal someone in, Slang. to include: He was making a lot of dough in the construction business so I got him to deal me in.

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