English Explanatory Dictionary

deal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
  2. An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
verb
  1. To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
  2. To administer or give out, as in small portions.
  3. To take action with regard to someone or something.
  4. To distribute cards to the players in a game.
  5. deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
  6. To pitch.
  7. To have dealings or business.
  8. To conduct oneself, to behave.
  9. To take action; to act.
  10. To trade professionally (followed by in).
  11. To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
  12. To be concerned with.
noun
  1. An act of dealing or sharing out.
  2. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
  3. A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
  4. A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
  5. An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
  6. A situation, occasion, or event.
  7. A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
  8. A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.
noun
  1. Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
  2. A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
  3. A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.
adj
  1. Made of deal.
name
  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3752).
  2. A borough on the Jersey Shore, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, named after the Kentish town.
  3. An unincorporated community near Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  4. A surname.
phrase
  1. Acronym of difficulty, execution, amplitude/altitude(height). landing

Pronunciation

/ˈdiːl/ [ˈdɪi̯l] en-us-deal.ogg /ˈɖiːl/

Word forms

deal deals dealing dealt dealed

Etymology

From Middle English del, dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-West Germanic *daili, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰ(h₁)-oy-lo- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Scots dele (“part, portion”), West Frisian diel (“part, share”), Dutch deel (“part, share, portion”), German Teil (“part, portion, section”), Danish, Slovene, and Swedish del (“part”), Icelandic deila (“division, contention”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (dails, “portion”). Related to Old English dāl (“portion”). More at dole.

Synonyms

allotment apportionment distribution batch flock good deal great deal hatful heap load lot mass mess mickle mint muckle peck pile plenty pot quite a little apportion divvy up share share out portion out administer allot deal out dish out dispense distribute dole out hand out mete out parcel out shell out pitch throw sell trade bargain hand business deal sale transaction steal contract pact dealy thingy whazzit

Derived words

afterdeal foredeal half-deal ordalium ordeal overdeal somedeal a great deal a good deal big deal real deal bedeal fardel interdeal misdeal redeal undealable underdeal dealable → undealable dealer dealth dealy deal a bad hand deal a good hand deal a hand deal in deal it out deal to deal with death-dealing double deal self-deal wheel and deal a deal is a deal bed-and-breakfast deal bedroom deal big hairy deal book deal bum deal cut a deal deal breaker deal-breakery deal flow dealie deal killer dealmaker deal-maker dealmaking deal memo deal with the devil done deal dope deal drug deal Faustian deal handshake deal here's the deal holding deal it's a deal meal deal megadeal

Translations

Bulgarian: раздавам Bulgarian: разпределям Catalan: repartir Czech: rozdělit Czech: rozdat Dutch: uitdelen Dutch: delen Esperanto: disdoni Finnish: jakaa Finnish: syöttää Galician: repartir Galician: dar German: austeilen German: verteilen German: geben German: ausgeben Greek: μοιράζω Hebrew: חָלַק Hebrew: חִלֵּק Hungarian: szétoszt Hungarian: eloszt Hungarian: oszt Italian: ripartire Italian: distribuire Italian: dare Māori: tohatoha Māori: tu(w)ha Māori: tu(w)hatu(w)ha Māori: tiritiri Māori: whiuwhiu Portuguese: dividir Portuguese: repartir Portuguese: dar Russian: раздава́ть Russian: распределя́ть Russian: сдава́ть Spanish: repartir Spanish: distribuir Spanish: lanzar Swedish: dela Swedish: ge Ukrainian: роздава́ти Ukrainian: розподіля́ти Yiddish: טיילן Armenian: բաժանել Chinese Mandarin: 發牌 /发牌 French: distribuer Khmer: ចែកបៀ Khmer: បោះមេ Khmer: ចែក Mongolian: тарааж өгөх Mongolian: хуваах Norwegian: dele ut Northwestern Ojibwa: onin Romanian: împărți Thai: แจกไพ่ Tibetan: སྤྲད Turkish: dağıtmak Turkish: atmak Vietnamese: chia bài
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