deal
deal Lexical Profile
deal Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit, especially in a business or political context.
"The two companies finally reached a deal after months of intense negotiation."
A large or specified amount, degree, or extent of something (typically used in phrases like 'a great deal' or 'a good deal').
"She spent a great deal of time researching the history of the ancient temple."
The process or turn of distributing cards to players in a card game.
"Each player receives five cards on the initial deal."
Sawn fir or pine timber, especially a plank of standard dimensions used in carpentry and construction.
"The antique farmhouse table was crafted from plain, unpainted deal."
• verb
To take measures concerning someone or something, especially in order to resolve a problem, manage a task, or handle a situation (usually followed by 'with').
"Customer service representatives are trained to deal with difficult inquiries calmly."
To distribute or apportion something in shares or turns, especially playing cards to players in a game.
"It is your turn to shuffle the deck and deal the cards."
To buy and sell a particular product or commodity commercially, or to engage in business transactions.
"The gallery has dealt in rare nineteenth-century landscape paintings for over thirty years."
To inflict or deliver a blow, setback, or punishment upon someone or something.
"The sudden loss of funding dealt a severe setback to the research project."
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Word Origin & Etymology
The general senses meaning 'portion' or 'to distribute' derive from Old English dæl ('part, share') and dælan ('to divide, distribute'), from Proto-Germanic *dailiz. The sense referring to fir or pine timber was borrowed independently in the 14th century from Middle Low German dele ('plank, board').
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