6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deal \Deal\, v. i.
1. To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards
to the players.
2. To do a distributing or retailing business, as
distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to
traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
They buy and sell, they deal and traffic. --South.
This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other
petty merchants deal but for parcels. --Dr. H. More.
3. To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to
manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or
with.
Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth
his own credit with both, by pretending greater
interest than he hath in either. --Bacon.
4. To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or
towards any one; to treat.
If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he
will acknowledge all this to be true. --Tillotson.
5. To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition,
check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to
deal with.
{To deal by}, to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well
by servants. ``Such an one deals not fairly by his own
mind.'' --Locke.
{To deal in}.
(a) To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as,
they deal in political matters.
(b) To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or
wholesaler; as, they deal in fish.
{To deal with}.
(a) To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill;
to have to do with; specifically, to trade with.
``Dealing with witches.'' --Shak.
(b) To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with.
The deacons of his church, who, to use their own
phrase, ``dealt with him'' on the sin of
rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly
held out. --Hawthorne.
Return . . . and I will deal well with thee.
--Gen. xxxii.
9.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deal \Deal\ (d[=e]l), n. [OE. del, deel, part, AS. d[=ae]l; akin
to OS. d[=e]l, D. & Dan. deel, G. theil, teil, Icel. deild,
Sw. del, Goth. dails. [root]65. Cf. 3d {Dole}.]
1. A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity,
degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time
and trouble; a deal of cold.
Three tenth deals [parts of an ephah] of flour.
--Num. xv. 9.
As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may
count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power.
--M. Arnold.
She was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
--W. Black.
Note: It was formerly limited by some, every, never a, a
thousand, etc.; as, some deal; but these are now
obsolete or vulgar. In general, we now qualify the word
with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by
being understood; as, a great deal of time and pains; a
great (or good) deal better or worse; that is, better
by a great deal, or by a great part or difference.
2. The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the
portion disturbed.
The deal, the shuffle, and the cut. --Swift.
3. Distribution; apportionment. [Colloq.]
4. An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination
of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations
and political bargains. [Slang]
5. [Prob. from D. deel a plank, threshing floor. See
{Thill}.] The division of a piece of timber made by
sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank
of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding
six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a
batten; if shorter, a deal end.
Note: Whole deal is a general term for planking one and one
half inches thick.
6. Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
{Deal tree}, a fir tree. --Dr. Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deal \Deal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dealt} (d[e^]lt); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Dealing}.] [OE. delen, AS. d[=ae]lan, fr. d[=ae]l share;
akin to OS. d[=e]lian, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel.
deila, Sw. dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan. See {Deal}, n.]
1. To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in
portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; --
sometimes with out.
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? --Is.
lviii. 7.
And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.
--Tickell.
The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. --Gay.
Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were
dealt. --Dryden.
2. Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at
the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal
one a jack.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deal
adj : made of fir or pine; "a plain deal table"
n 1: a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a
package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's
a master of the business deal" [syn: {trade}, {business
deal}]
2: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after
discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain
with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series
of shady deals" [syn: {bargain}]
3: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {flock}, {good deal}, {great
deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {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}]
4: a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
5: wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
[syn: {softwood}]
6: the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given
time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept
trying to see my hand" [syn: {hand}]
7: the type of treatment received (especially as the result of
an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car"
8: the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed
around the table clockwise"
9: the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the
captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
v 1: deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;
"This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all
of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the
history of China" [syn: {cover}, {treat}, {handle}, {plow},
{address}]
2: take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are
we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew
how to deal with these lazy students"
3: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the
case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: {consider},
{take}, {look at}]
4: come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just
a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread
every day" [syn: {cope}, {get by}, {make out}, {make do},
{contend}, {grapple}, {manage}]
5: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a
blow to someone" [syn: {distribute}, {administer}, {mete
out}, {parcel out}, {lot}, {dispense}, {shell out}, {deal
out}, {dish out}, {allot}, {dole out}]
6: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She
deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: {sell}, {trade}]
7: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with
this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts";
"She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
[syn: {manage}, {care}, {handle}]
8: behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly
with his employees"
9: distribute to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"
10: direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct
business like this" [syn: {conduct}, {carry on}]
11: give out as one's portion or share [syn: {share}, {divvy up},
{portion out}, {apportion}]
12: give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen
of Spades"
13: sell; "deal hashish"
[also: {dealt}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Deal, NJ (borough, FIPS 16660)
Location: 40.24980 N, 73.99725 W
Population (1990): 1179 (977 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 07723
From eng-fra [engfra]:
deal
[diːl]
dispenser, distribuer