Vacation Definition–noun | 1. | a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now. | | 2. | a part of the year, regularly set aside, when normal activities of law courts, legislatures, etc., are suspended. | | 3. | freedom or release from duty, business, or activity. | | 4. | an act or instance of vacating. | –verb (used without object) | 5. | to take or have a vacation: to vacation in the Caribbean. | |
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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 successfu
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lly; 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. | | 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 stations 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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