deal (Meaning)
deal (n)
a particular instance of buying or selling
an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
the act of distributing playing cards
the act of apportioning or distributing something
deal (v)
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
take action with respect to (someone or something)
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
administer or bestow, as in small portions
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
behave in a certain way towards others
distribute cards to the players in a game
direct the course of; manage or control
give out as one's portion or share
give (a specific card) to a player
sell
deal (n.)
A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
Distribution; apportionment.
An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.
Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.
Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.
deal (v. i.)
To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.
To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.
Synonyms & Antonyms of deal
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- speck
- whit
- sprinkling
- streak
- sprinkle
- nip
- ounce
- glimmer
- sprinkling
- handful
- particle
- dot
- bit
- particle
- dab
- grain
- pittance
- lick
- ray
- scruple
- whit
- pittance
- ace
- shade
- trace
- atom
- ray
- nip
- strain
- shadow
- dram
- mouthful
- dab
- suspicion
- bit
- hint
- scrap
- scrap
- mouthful
- strain
- taste
- mite
- mite
- pinch
- dram
- ounce
- shadow
- trace
- suspicion
- grain
- speck
- pinch
- sprinkle
- shade
- modicum
- dot
- hint
- fragment
- molecule
- spot
- peanuts
- peanuts
- scruple
- taste
- touch
- streak
- glimmer
- touch
- atom
- modicum
- shred
- handful
- lick
- fragment
- shred
- ace
- spot
- molecule
Synonyms:
- heap
- yard
- good deal
- mountain
- profusion
- boatload
- score
- sight
- myriad
- plateful
- volume
- basketful
- barrel
- pot
- peck
- store
- surplus
- potful
- shipload
- multiplicity
- hundred
- bucket
- fistful
- plenitude
- pack
- reams
- mass
- quite a bit
- spate
- mess
- all kinds (of)
- plague
- wad
- thousands
- bushel
- truckload
- sheaf
- much
- lashins
- passel
- carload
- lashings
- gobs
Antonyms:
- piece
- scintilla
- tittle
- flyspeck
- smattering
- mote
- morsel
- want
- tad
- little
- smidgin
- piece
- dash
- iota
- jot
- lack
- iota
- absence
- scarcity
- flyspeck
- crumb
- poverty
- scarcity
- granule
- fleck
- deficit
- lack
- smidge
- fleck
- drop
- shot
- mote
- famine
- smidgeon
- deficit
- jot
- portion
- shortage
- absence
- shot
- little
- poverty
- crumb
- scintilla
- morsel
- tad
- tittle
- drop
- driblet
- smidgin
- smidgeon
- want
- section
- smidgen
- section
- smattering
- smidgen
- dash
- portion
- smidge
- driblet
- granule
- shortage
- famine
Synonyms:
- overage
- swarm
- rash
- superabundance
- overmuch
- press
- sea
- plethora
- surfeit
- superfluity
- bevy
- mob
- million
- throng
- flock
- oversupply
- oodles
- multitude
- excess
- herd
- bonanza
- crush
- flood
- host
- overflow
- embarrassment
- overkill
- scads
- army
- plentitude
- horde
- drove
- redundancy
- deluge
- overabundance
- epidemic
- cram
- crowd
Antonyms:
deal Sentence Examples
- Let's make a deal: I'll cook dinner tonight if you do the dishes.
- The company struck a lucrative deal with its overseas suppliers to lower production costs.
- It's a big deal for her to graduate at the top of her class.
- We need to address this issue and deal with it once and for all.
- Negotiating this business deal required careful consideration of all the terms.
- Learning to deal with failure is an essential part of personal growth.
- The CEO's ability to close a deal is one of his most valuable skills.
- We have a deal: you help me move furniture, and I'll buy you lunch.
- How we deal with adversity says a lot about our character.
- The detective was assigned to deal with the recent spike in crime in the neighborhood.
FAQs About the word deal
a particular instance of buying or selling, an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each, (often followed by `o
bundle, chunk, raft, abundance,ton, stack, quantity, slew, pile, wealth
speck, whit, sprinkling, streak, sprinkle, nip, ounce, glimmer, sprinkling, handful
Let's make a deal: I'll cook dinner tonight if you do the dishes.
The company struck a lucrative deal with its overseas suppliers to lower production costs.
It's a big deal for her to graduate at the top of her class.
We need to address this issue and deal with it once and for all.
