1. To give out as a share or portion; apportion. 2. To distribute among several recipients. See synonyms at distribute. 3. To sell: deal prescriptions; deal cocaine.4. To administer; deliver: dealt him a blow to the stomach.5.Gamesa. To distribute (playing cards) among players. b. To give (a specific card) to a player while so distributing.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To be occupied or concerned: a book that deals with the Middle Ages.2. To behave in a specified way toward another or others; have transactions: deal honestly with competitors.3. To take action with respect to someone or something: The committee will deal with this complaint. See synonyms at treat. 4. To do business; trade: dealing in diamonds.5.Games To distribute playing cards. 6.Slang To buy and sell drugs, especially illegally. 7.Slang To cope: You've got no choice—just deal with it!
NOUN:
1. The act or a round of apportioning or distributing. 2.Gamesa. Distribution of playing cards. b. The cards so distributed; a hand. c. The right or turn of a player to distribute the cards. d. The playing of one hand. 3. An indefinite quantity, extent, or degree: has a great deal of experience.4. An agreement often arranged secretly, as in business or politics. 5a. A business transaction. b. An agreement, especially one that is mutually beneficial. See synonyms at bargain. 6.Informal A sale favorable especially to the buyer; a bargain. 7.Informal Treatment received: a raw deal; a fair deal.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English delen, from Old English dlan, to divide, share. See dail- in Appendix I.
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lan, to divide, share. See dail- in Appendix I.
