Main entry: deal
Definition: the act of apportioning or distributing something
Usage: the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions
Main entry: deal
Definition: the act of distributing playing cards
Usage: the deal was passed around the table clockwise
Main entry: trade, business deal, deal
Definition: a particular instance of buying or selling
Usage: it was a package deal; I had no further trade with him; he's a master of the business deal
Definition: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
Usage: he made a bargain with the devil; he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals
Main entry: deal
Definition: the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
Usage: he got a good deal on his car
Definition: the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
Usage: I didn't hold a good hand all evening; he kept trying to see my hand
Main entry: batch, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, passel, tidy sum, deal, spate, sight, slew, stack, heap, hatful, good deal, great deal, wad, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, lot, mass, mess, mickle, flock
Definition: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Usage: 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
Definition: wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
Main entry: deal
Definition: a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
Main entry: take, look at, consider, deal
Definition: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
Usage: Take the case of China; Consider the following case
Main entry: cover, deal, address, plow, handle, treat
Definition: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
Usage: This book deals with incest; The course covered all of Western Civilization; The new book treats the history of China
Definition: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
Usage: She deals in gold; The brothers sell shoes
Main entry: deal
Definition: sell
Usage: deal hashish
Main entry: deal
Definition: distribute cards to the players in a game
Usage: Who's dealing?
Main entry: deal
Definition: give (a specific card) to a player
Usage: He dealt me the Queen of Spades
Main entry: apportion, deal, divvy up, share, portion out
Definition: give out as one's portion or share
Main entry: distribute, dole out, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, allot, administer, parcel out, shell out, mete out, lot
Definition: administer or bestow, as in small portions
Usage: 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
Main entry: deal
Definition: take action with respect to (someone or something)
Usage: How are we going to deal with this problem?; The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students
Main entry: deal
Definition: behave in a certain way towards others
Usage: He deals fairly with his employees
Main entry: deal, handle, manage, care
Definition: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
Usage: I can deal with this crew of workers; This blender can't handle nuts; She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
Main entry: deal, conduct, carry on
Definition: direct the course of; manage or control
Usage: You cannot conduct business like this
Main entry: deal, contend, cope, make do, make out, manage, grapple, get by
Definition: come to terms with
Usage: We got by on just a gallon of gas; They made do on half a loaf of bread every day