Deal

Noun

 * 1) An agreement between parties; an arrangement
 * 2) A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction
 * 3) Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
 * 4)  A division, a portion, a share.
 * 5)  An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great: or good:).
 * 6)  An act of dealing or sharing.
 * 7) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
 * 8)  A situation, occasion, or event.
 * 9)  Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
 * 10)  A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

Verb

 * 1)  To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
 * 2)  To administer or give out, as in small portions.
 * 3) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
 * 4)  To pitch.
 * 5)  To have dealings or business.
 * 6)  To conduct oneself, to behave.
 * 7)  To take action; to act.
 * 8)  To trade professionally (followed by in).
 * 9)  To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
 * 10)  To be concerned with.
 * 11)  To handle, to manage, to cope.

Adjective

 * 1) Made of deal.

Adjectives for Deal
neighborly; momentous; shady; dirty; legi¬timate; ill-savored; unprotected; square; devised; financial; business; backstairs; important; great; vast; infinite; complete; skin; wandering; famished; sensational; new; tremendous; parlor; wonder; made-to-order ; timed-to-the-minute; combination; bargain; smashing; pace-setting; thrilling.

Verbs for Deal
arrange—; bargain—; benefit by—; carry on—; clinch—; close—; concoct—; dis¬close—; engage in—; engineer—; engross in—; enter—; involve in—; participate in—; put over—; transact—; unfold—; —fizzles (colloq.); —promises.

Adverbs for Deal
ceremoniously; promptly; ruthlessly; bountifully; primarily; heedlessly;  discreetly; severely; summarily; zestfully; scientifically; munificently; adequately; rigorously; gratuitously; momentously; legitimately; financially; sensationally; thrillingly; persuasively; exclusively; competently; plainly; brilliantly.

Synonyms for Deal
noun
 * allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out, sharing, sharing out
 * batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
 * hand
 * business deal, sale, trade, transaction
 * steal, bargain
 * contract, pact
 * agreement, affair, racket, conspiracy
 * agreement, affair, racket, conspiracy
 * agreement, affair, racket, conspiracy

verb
 * apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out
 * administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
 * pitch, throw
 * sell, trade, bargain
 * sell
 * distribute, give, barter, allocate, mete.
 * sell
 * distribute, give, barter, allocate, mete.
 * distribute, give, barter, allocate, mete.
 * distribute, give, barter, allocate, mete.

Antonyms for Deal

 * (verb) take, keep, retain, hold, receive.

Derived terms

 * a great deal, a good deal, big deal, real deal
 * deal with
 * dealer
 * dealy

Derived terms

 * no deal
 * package deal


 * raw deal


 * sweetheart deal

Thesaurus
interchange, interest, intrigues, ironclad agreement, issue, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, large amount, lashings, lath, lathing, lathwork, lavish, leaf, legal agreement, legal contract, let have, let have it, line, line up, loads, lobbying, lobbyism, log, lot, lots, lumber, marshal, measure, measure out, meed, membrane, mess, mete, mete out, mint, modicum, moiety, mutual agreement, mutual concession, negotiation, number, obligation, offer, oodles, operation, pack, package deal, pact, paction, pane, panel, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, parcel, parcel out, part, partake, participate, partition, pass around, paste, patina, pay out, peck, peel, pellicle, percentage, piece, pile, piles, place, plait, plan, plank, planking, plate, plating, ploys, plunk, ply, plyboard, plywood, poke, pole, portion, portion out, post, pot, pour, present, proffer, program, project, promise, proportion, proposition, protocol, punch, puncheon, quantity, quantum, quite a little, quota, raft, rafts, rain, rake-off, rally, range, rasher, ration, reckon with, regiment, render, ropes, safety glass, scads, schemes, scum, see to, segment, serve, set out, settlement, shake, share, sheathing, sheathing board, sheet, sheeting, shell out, shingle, shower, sideboard, siding, sight, skin, slab, slam, slat, slew, slews, slice, slip, slog, slug, smack, small amount, small share, smite, snap, snow, soak, sock, softwood, space, spate, splat, spoon out, stack, stacks, stake, stave, stick, stick of wood, stipulation, stock, stovewood, strike, strike at, strings, sum, surrender, swap, swap horses, swat, swipe, switch, table, tablet, take care of, take in exchange, task, tender, three-by-four, thump, thwack, tidy sum, timber, timbering, timberwork, trade, trade in, trade off, trade sight unseen, trade-in, traffic, transaction, treat, truck, turn, two-by-four, understanding, undertaking, union contract, valid contract, veneer, venture, vouchsafe, wad, wads, wafer, wage contract, wallop, weatherboard, whack, wham, whole slew, whop, wire-pulling, wires, wood, work, yerk, yield, yielding, Byzantine intrigues, abatement of differences, accommodation, accord, act, act on, adjustment, administer, affair, afford, agreement, align, allocate, allot, allotment, allow, allowance, amount, apportion, arrangement, array, attempt, attend to, award, backstairs influence, bang, bargain, barter, bash, bat, batch, beam, behave, belt, bestow, bestow on, biff, big end, bigger half, billet, binding agreement, bit, bite, blind bargain, board, boarding, bond, bonk, budget, bunch, business, business deal, buy and sell, cartel, change, chunk, clap, clapboard, clip, clobber, clout, clump, clutch, coat, coating, coldcock, collective agreement, collocate, collop, commercial transaction, commission, commitment, communicate, compact, compose, composition, compromise, concession, confer, connections, considerable, consortium, contingent, contract, convention, cop-out, cord, cordwood, count, covenant, covenant of salt, covering, crack, cut, dash, deal a blow, deal out, deal with, deals, deck, deliver, desertion of principle, destiny, dicker, disburse, dish out, disk, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, divide, dividend, divvy, do business, dole, dole out, donate, dose, driftwood, effort, employment contract, end, engage in, engagement, enterprise, equal share, evasion of responsibility, exchange, extend, extent, fate, fetch, fetch a blow, feuille, film, firewood, fix, flap, foil, fold, fork out, formal agreement, games, gift, gift with, give, give freely, give in exchange, give out, give-and-take, giving way, gob, gobs, good deal, grant, grapple with, great deal, group, half, halver, hand out, handle, hard bargain, hardwood, heap, heaps, help to, helping, hit, hit a clip, horse trade, horse-trade, hunk, impart, inflict, influence peddling,

Etymology 1
From dele:, from  dæl:, from, from. Cognate with dele:,  diel:,  deel:,  Teil:,  del:,  deila:,  𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃:. Related to dal:. More at.

Etymology 2
From delen:, from  dælan:, from, from. Cognate with diele:, Dutch delen:, German teilen:, Swedish dela:; and with Lithuanian dalinti:, Russian делить:.

Etymology 3
dele:, cognate with Old English þille:.

Noun

 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian: parte, porzione


 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: udio
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * German:
 * Italian: dose


 * Russian: colloq. куча (kúča), уйма (újma)
 * Serbo-Croatian: količina

Verb

 * Bulgarian: раздавам, разпределям
 * Catalan: repartir
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * German: ,
 * Russian: раздавать (razdavát’), распределять (raspredelját’)
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: разпределям
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: наносить (nanosít’)
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: раздавам
 * Catalan: repartir
 * Czech: rozdat
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Russian: сдавать (sdavát’), раздавать (razdavát’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Galician:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèilig


 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian: търгувам
 * Catalan: comerciar, vendre, comprar
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: käydä kauppaa
 * French: faire le commerce


 * German:
 * Russian: торговать (torgovát’)
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèilig
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: trokata
 * German:
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: сбывать (sbyvát’), colloq. толкать (tolkát’)
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèilig
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian: имам работа с
 * Catalan: tractar
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: te maken hebben met
 * Finnish:


 * German: (+ von), ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèilig
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: справям се
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * German:, (+ mit)
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèilig
 * Spanish: ,

Noun

 * Bulgarian: раздаване
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Polish: rozdanie kart


 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: kauppa, diili
 * German:, (Econ.)
 * Hebrew: עסקה ('ysqa)


 * Polish: transakcja, interes, sprzedaż
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Catalan: tracte,
 * Finnish: sopimus, diili
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Italian:


 * Polish:, , ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,

Noun

 * Bulgarian:


 * German:


 * Bulgarian: чамова дъска


 * German:

Adjective

 * Bulgarian: елов, чамов

Anagrams

 * Adel
 * dale, Dale
 * E.D. La.
 * lade
 * lead

Etymology
From a language. Compare Croatian dol:.

Noun
deal and


 * 1) hill