deal

A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.obsolete

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

An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).often

• 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.
• There is a deal of obscurity concerning the identity of the species thus multitudinously baptized.

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

• The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.

To administer or give out, as in small portions.transitive

• "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?"
• Norwich returned to second in the Championship with victory over Nottingham Forest, whose promotion hopes were dealt another blow.

To take action with regard to someone or something.transitive

To distribute cards to the players in a game.ambitransitive

• I was dealt four aces.
• The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt.

deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.transitive

• The boxer was dealt a blow to the head.
• This is a heavy-handed weapon attack that can be made with a two-handed weapon, that will deal damage equal to 4 times your size category

To pitch.

• The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.

To have dealings or business.intransitive

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

To conduct oneself, to behave.intransitive

• In Deheubarth that now South-wales is hight, / What time king Ryence raign'd, and dealed right [...].

To take action; to act.intransitiveobsolete

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

To trade professionally (followed by in).intransitive

• She deals in gold.

An act of dealing or sharing out.archaicbroadly

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.

A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.

• We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.
• recognizing the societal deal between capital and labor regarding retirement savings

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.

An agreement between parties; an arrangement.

• He made a deal with the devil.
• I didn't deserve it, but he cut me a deal.

A situation, occasion, or event.informal

• What's the deal here?
• Their new movie is the biggest deal of the year.

A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.informal

• The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.

A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.slang

• What's her deal?

Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).uncountable

• 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 86, Some Houses were […] entirely lock’d up, the Doors padlockt, the Windows and Doors having Deal Boards nail’d over them,

A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).countable

A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.archaiccountable

• Swedish deals from ports in the Baltic
• 1 deal (US) = 12 ft x 11 in. x 3/2 in. (E)

Made of deal.not-comparable

• A plain deal table