deal: Meaning and Definition of

deal

1. to occupy oneself or itself (usually fol. by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
2. to take action with respect to a thing or person (fol. by with): Law courts must deal with lawbreakers.
3. to conduct oneself toward persons: He deals fairly.
4. to be able to handle competently or successfully; cope (fol. by with): I can't deal with your personal problems.
5. to trade or do business (fol. by with or in): to deal with a firm; to deal in used cars.
6. to distribute, esp. the cards in a game (often fol. by out): to deal out five hands of six cards each; your turn to deal.
7. to buy and sell drugs illegally.
8. to have dealings or commerce, often in a secret or underhand manner (often fol. by with): to deal with the Devil.

1. to give to one as a share; apportion: Deal me in.
2. to distribute among a number of recipients, as the cards required in a game: Deal five cards to each player.
3. to give a player (a specific card) in dealing: You dealt yourself four aces.
4. to deliver; administer: to deal a blow.
5. to buy and sell (drugs) illegally.
6. to trade (an athlete) to another team.
1. Poker.to deal the final hand of a game.
2. Slang.to get rid of or trade (something or someone) in a transaction.
8. to include: He was making a lot of dough in the construction business so I got him to deal me in.

1. a business transaction: They closed the deal after a week of negotiating.
2. a bargain or arrangement for mutual advantage: the best deal in town.
3. a secret or underhand agreement or bargain: His supporters worked a number of deals to help his campaign.
4. treatment received in dealing with another: He got a raw deal.
5. an indefinite but large quantity, amount, extent, or degree (usually prec. by good or great): a good deal of work; a great deal of money.
1. the distribution of cards to the players in a game.
2. the set of cards in one's hand.
3. the turn of a player to deal.
4. the period of time during which a deal is played.
7. an act of dealing or distributing.
8. (cap.) an economic and social policy pursued by a political administration: the Fair Deal; the New Deal.
9. portion; share.
10. to make an agreement, esp. a business agreement: Networks have cut a deal with foreign stations for an international hookup.

deal

1. a board or plank, esp. of fir or pine, cut to any of various standard sizes.
2. such boards collectively.
3. fir or pine wood.

1. made of deal.