1.  deal(n = noun.act) business deal, trade - 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"
is a kind of dealing, dealings, transaction
has particulars: arms deal, penny ante
Derived forms verb deal₆, verb deal₁₃

2.  deal(n = noun.communication) bargain - 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"
is a kind of agreement, understanding

3.  deal(n = noun.quantity) batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad - (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"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
is a kind of large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
has particulars: deluge, flood, inundation, torrent, haymow

4.  deal(n = noun.substance) Array - a plank of softwood (fir or pine board); Array
is a kind of board, plank

5.  deal(n = noun.substance) softwood - wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir); Array
is a kind of wood
has particulars: pulpwood

6.  deal(n = noun.group) hand - 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"
is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
has parts: long suit
has particulars: bridge hand, poker hand
Derived forms verb deal₉, verb deal₁₂, verb deal₁₀

7.  deal(n = noun.event) Array - the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car"
is a kind of final result, outcome, result, resultant, termination
has particulars: fair deal, square deal, raw deal
Derived form verb deal₁₀

8.  deal(n = noun.act) Array - the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise"
is a kind of distribution
is a part of card game, cards
has particulars: misdeal
Derived forms verb deal₉, verb deal₁₂

9.  deal(n = noun.act) Array - the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
is a kind of allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling
has particulars: new deal
Derived forms verb deal₁₁, verb deal₅

1.  deal(v = verb.communication) address, cover, handle, plow, treat - act on 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"
is one way to broach, initiate
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP

2.  deal(v = verb.cognition) consider, look at, take - take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
is one way to think about
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP

3.  deal(v = verb.social) Array - 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"
is one way to act, move
Derived forms noun dealing₁, noun dealings₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

4.  deal(v = verb.social) contend, cope, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage - come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
is one way to act, move
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

5.  deal(v = verb.possession) administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out - 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"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
is one way to give
Derived form noun deal₉
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody

6.  deal(v = verb.possession) sell, trade - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
is one way to transact
Derived forms noun deal₁, noun dealer₂, noun dealer₄, noun dealer₁, noun dealing₂, noun dealings₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP

7.  deal(v = verb.social) care, handle, manage - 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"
is one way to command, control
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP

8.  deal(v = verb.social) Array - behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"
is one way to acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport
Derived forms noun dealing₁, noun dealings₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

9.  deal(v = verb.possession) Array - distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"
is one way to administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
Derived forms noun deal₈, noun deal₆, noun dealer₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

10.  deal(v = verb.social) carry on, conduct - direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"
is one way to care, deal, handle, manage
Derived forms noun deal₇, noun deal₆, noun dealing₂, noun dealings₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

11.  deal(v = verb.possession) apportion, divvy up, portion out, share - give out as one's portion or share; Array
is one way to distribute, give out, hand out, pass out
Derived form noun deal₉
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

12.  deal(v = verb.possession) Array - give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"
is one way to give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
Derived forms noun deal₈, noun deal₆, noun dealer₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something to somebody

13.  deal(v = verb.possession) Array - sell; "deal hashish"
is one way to deal, sell, trade
Derived forms noun deal₁, noun dealer₂, noun dealer₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

deal, v. & n.
--v. (past and past part. dealt)
1 intr. (foll. by with) a take measures concerning (a problem, person, etc.), esp. in order to put something right. b do business with; associate with. c discuss or treat (a subject). d (often foll. by by) behave in a specified way towards a person (dealt honourably by them).
2 intr. (foll. by in) to sell or be concerned with commercially (deals in insurance).
3 tr. (often foll. by out, round) distribute or apportion to several people etc.
4 tr. (also absol.) distribute (cards) to players for a game or round.
5 tr. cause to be received; administer (deal a heavy blow).
6 tr. assign as a share or deserts to a person (Providence dealt them much happiness).
7 tr. (foll. by in) colloq. include (a person) in an activity (you can deal me in).
--n.
1 (usu. a good or great deal) colloq. a a large amount (a good deal of trouble). b to a considerable extent (is a great deal better).
2 colloq. a business arrangement; a transaction.
3 a specified form of treatment given or received (gave them a rough deal; got a fair deal).
4 a the distribution of cards by dealing. b a player's turn to do this (it's my deal). c the round of play following this. d a set of hands dealt to players.

Idiom:
it's a deal colloq. expressing assent to an agreement.

deal, n.
1 fir or pine timber, esp. sawn into boards of a standard size.
2 a a board of this timber. b such boards collectively.

Etymology:
ME f. MLG, MDu. dele plank f. Gmc

N  greatness, magnitude, size, multitude, immensity, enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass, heap, stock, peck, bushel, load, cargo, cartload, wagonload, shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass, great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par, big, huge, Herculean, cyclopean, ample, abundant, full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith, world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive, wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious, mighty, sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone, arrant, downright, utter, uttermost, crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate, rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate, glaring, flagrant, stark staring, thorough-paced, thoroughgoing, roaring, thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme, inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown, towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous, undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy, renowned, truly, decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole, scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much, by wholesale, mighty, powerfully, with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds, incalculably, infinitely, preeminently, superlatively, immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, kat exochin, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously, peculiarly, furiously, severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly, a maximis ad minima, greatness knows itself, mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed, minimum decet libere cui multum licet, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

VB  reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.

N  compact, contract, agreement, bargain, affidation, pact, paction, bond, covenant, indenture, bundobast, deal, stipulation, settlement, convention, compromise, cartel, Protocol, treaty, concordat, Zollverein, Sonderbund, charter, Magna Charta, Progmatic Sanction, customs union, free trade region, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT, most favored nation status, negotiation, diplomacy, negotiator, ratification, completion, signature, seal, sigil, signet, agreed, conventional, under hand and seal, caveat emptor.

N  apportionment, allotment, consignment, assignment, appointment, appropriation, dispensation, distribution, division, deal, repartition, partition, administration, dividend, portion, contingent, share, allotment, fair share, allocation, lot, measure, dose, dole, meed, pittance, quantum, ration, ratio, proportion, quota, modicum, mess, allowance, suerte, apportioning, respective, respectively, each to each.

VB  apportion, divide, distribute, administer, dispense, billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete, portion out, parcel out, dole out, deal, carve, allocate, ration, ration out, assign, separate, partition, assign, appropriate, appoint, come in for one's share.

N  barter, exchange, scorse, truck system, interchange, a Roland for an Oliver, quid pro quo, commutation, composition, Indian gift, trade, commerce, mercature, buying and selling, bargain and sale, traffic, business, nundination, custom, shopping, commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery, deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain, free trade, commercial, mercantile, trading, interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale, wholesale, retail, across the counter, cambio non e furto.

a good deal, a great deal, arms deal, big deal, business deal, deal out, deal with, fair deal, good deal, great deal, make a deal, new deal, package deal, raw deal, square deal