deal

noun13

1. •
   an arrangement in which each side agrees to do or give something in return

   • He made a deal with the devil.
   • I didn't deserve it, but he cut me a deal.
2. •
   A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.

   • We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.
3. •
   A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

   • You also have to look at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade up to the kind of property you are looking for. — 2009
4. •
   (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.

   • What's the deal here?
   • Their new movie is the biggest deal of the year.
5. •
   (slang) A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.

   • What's her deal?
6. •
   An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).

   • There is a vast deal of difference in memories, as well as in every thing else, and therefore you should make allowance for your cousin, and pity her deficiency. — 1814
7. •
   The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.

   • I didn’t have a good deal all evening.
   • I believe it's your deal.
8. •
   (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.

   • The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.
9. •
   Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).

   • Some Houses were […] entirely lock’d up, the Doors padlockt, the Windows and Doors having Deal Boards nail’d over them, — 1722
10. •
    A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
11. •
    (no longer used) An act of dealing or sharing out.
12. •
    (no longer used) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.

    • Swedish deals from ports in the Baltic — 1840
13. •
    (no longer used) A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.

    • We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king.

verb13

1. •
   To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.

   • The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.
2. •
   To take action with regard to someone or something.
3. •
   To handle, to manage, to cope.

   • I can't deal with this.
   • I don't think he wants to go. — Yeah, well, we're going anyway, and he can deal.
4. •
   To trade professionally (followed by in).

   • She deals in gold.
5. •
   To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

   • This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.
6. •
   To distribute cards to the players in a game.

   • I was dealt four aces.
   • The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt.
7. •
   To be concerned with.

   • Science, it cannot be too often repeated, deals with tangible phenomena. — 1922
8. •
   To administer or give out, as in small portions.

   • "Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to deal the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?" — 1820
9. •
   deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.

   • The boxer was dealt a blow to the head.
10. •
    To have dealings or business.

    • When the spice flow stops, all eyes will turn to Arrakis. The Baron and the Emperor himself will be forced to deal with us. — 1984
11. •
    To pitch.

    • The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.
12. •
    To conduct oneself, to behave.

    • In Deheubarth that now South-wales is hight, / What time king Ryence raign'd, and dealed right [...]. — 1590
13. •
    (no longer used) To take action; to act.

    • Wel said syr Uwayne go on your waye, and lete me dele. — 1889

adjective1

1. •
   Made of deal.

   • Deal table in the middle, plain chairs all round the walls, on one end a large shining map, marked with all the colours of a rainbow. — 1899

phrase1

1. •
   Acronym of difficulty, execution, amplitude/altitude(height). landing