English Explanatory Dictionary

New Deal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938 in response to the Great Depression, focusing on relief, recovery, and reform.

Word forms

New Deal

Etymology

Deal refers to the distribution of cards in a card game. A new deal results in a new deck, thus a new (supposedly) fair distribution of chances, i.e. figuratively (in the original use) new opportunities in life for everyone.

Related words

square deal

Derived words

Green New Deal New Dealer New Dealism
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