deal

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
2. (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
3. (transitive) To take action with regard to someone or something.
4. (ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
5. (transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
6. To pitch.
7. (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
8. (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
9. (intransitive, obsolete) To take action; to act.
10. (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
11. (ambitransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
12. (intransitive) To be concerned with.
13. (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
2. (often) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).

Noun

1. (archaic, broadly) 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. (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
7. (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
8. (slang) A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.

Noun

1. (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
2. (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
3. (archaic, countable) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.

Adj

Made of deal.

Synonyms

trade

bargain

handle

treat

agreement

manage

distribute

transact

business

buy and sell

behave

apportion

dispense

act

contract

arrangement

lot

transaction

administer

pact

accord

share

address

commerce

part

allot

sell

distribution

allocate

partition

divide

negotiate

traffic

cope

do business

make a deal

covenant

hand

✋

exchange

conduct

process

barter

concern

assign

play

board

make do

make

make a contract

deal out

Translations

trato

trattare

handeln

distribuer

traiter

repartir

tratar

acuerdo

accordo

austeilen

affare

uitdelen

عالج

behandeln

lidar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/diːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: delen

Inherited from Old English: dǣlan

Cognate with Western Frisian: diele

Cognate with Dutch: delen

Cognate with German: teilen

Cognate with Swedish: dela

Cognate with Lithuanian: dalinti

Cognate with Russian: дели́ть

Inherited from Middle English: dele

Cognate with Old English: þille

In summary

From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail- (“part, watershed”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ).

Sentences

Oh , it’s not such a big deal right away .

No matter how much he offered , Scott would not accept the deal .

Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else .

For believers , it is easier to deal with them and with life's other hardships .