deal

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  THE RULER OF PILOTS AT DEAL
• WordNet 3.6
  • v deal take into consideration for exemplifying purposes "Take the case of China","Consider the following case"
  • v deal act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression "This book deals with incest","The course covered all of Western Civilization","The new book treats the history of China"
  • v deal do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood "She deals in gold","The brothers sell shoes"
  • v deal sell "deal hashish"
  • v deal distribute cards to the players in a game "Who's dealing?"
  • v deal give (a specific card) to a player "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"
  • v deal give out as one's portion or share
  • v deal administer or bestow, as in small portions "administer critical remarks to everyone present","dole out some money","shell out pocket money for the children","deal a blow to someone","the machine dispenses soft drinks"
  • v deal take action with respect to (someone or something) "How are we going to deal with this problem?","The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students"
  • v deal behave in a certain way towards others "He deals fairly with his employees"
  • v deal be in charge of, act on, or dispose of "I can deal with this crew of workers","This blender can't handle nuts","She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
  • v deal direct the course of; manage or control "You cannot conduct business like this"
  • v deal come to terms with "We got by on just a gallon of gas","They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
  • n deal the act of apportioning or distributing something "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
  • n deal the act of distributing playing cards "the deal was passed around the table clockwise"
  • n deal a particular instance of buying or selling "it was a package deal","I had no further trade with him","he's a master of the business deal"
  • n deal an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each "he made a bargain with the devil","he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"
  • n deal the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement) "he got a good deal on his car"
  • n deal the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time "I didn't hold a good hand all evening","he kept trying to see my hand"
  • n deal (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent "a batch of letters","a deal of trouble","a lot of money","he made a mint on the stock market","see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos","it must have cost plenty","a slew of journalists","a wad of money"
  • n deal wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
  • n deal a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
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• Interesting fact: Ballistics is the science that deals with the motion of projectiles.
• • Deal 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. "Three tenth deals parts of an ephah] of flour.""As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power.""She was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect."
  • Deal An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
  • Deal Distribution; apportionment.
  • Deal 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 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.
  • Deal The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed. "The deal , the shuffle, and the cut."
  • Deal To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with. "Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either."
  • Deal To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat. "If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he will acknowledge all this to be true."
  • Deal To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with. "The deacons of his church, who, to use their own phrase, “ dealt with him” on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out.""Return . . . and I will deal well with thee."
  • Deal To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out. "Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry?""And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.""The nightly mallet deals resounding blows.""Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt ."
  • Deal 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. "They buy and sell, they deal and traffic.""This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants deal but for parcels."
  • Deal To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
  • Deal Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal .
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• Interesting fact: The only repealed amendment to the US Constitution deals with the prohibition of alcohol.
• • n deal A part; portion; share.
  • n deal Hence An indefinite quantity, degree, or extent: as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of snow; a deal of money. In this sense usually qualified with great or good: as, a great deal of labor; a good deal of one's time.
  • n deal The division or distribution of cards in playing; the act or practice of dealing; the right or privilege of distributing the cards; a single round, during which all the cards dealt at one time are played.
  • n deal Hence, a bargain or arrangement among a number of persons for mutual advantage as against others; a secret commercial or political transaction for the exclusive benefit of those engaged in it: as, a deal in wheat or cotton; they made a deal for the division of the offices.
  • deal To divide; part; separate; hence, to divide in portions; apportion; distribute, as, in card-playing, to give to each player the proper number of cards: often followed by out.
  • deal To distribute to.
  • deal To scatter; hurl; throw about; deliver: as, to deal out blows.
  • deal To engage in mutual intercourse or transactions of any kind; have to do with a person or thing, or be concerned in a matter: absolutely or with with or in.
  • deal Specifically To negotiate or make bargains; traffic or trade: with a person, in articles: as, he deals in pig-iron.
  • deal To negotiate corruptly; make a secret agreement; conspire: with with.
  • deal To intervene as a mediator or middleman.
  • deal To act; behave: in a matter, with, by, or toward a person or thing.
  • n deal A board or plank. The name deal is applied chiefly to planks of pine or fir above 7 inches in width and of various lengths exceeding 6 feet. If 7 inches or less wide, they are called battens; and when under 6 feet long they are called deal-ends. The usual thickness is 3 inches, and width 9 inches. The standard size, to which other sizes may be reduced, is 2½ inches thick, 11 inches broad, and 12 feet long. A whole deal is a deal which is 1¼ inches thick; a slit deal, one of half that thickness. The word is little used in the United States.
  • n deal Wood of fir or pine, such as deals are made from: as, a floor of deal.
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• Interesting fact: Victor Mills, an inventor with Proctor & Gamble, invented the disposable diaper in 1961 because he didn't want to deal with his daughter's soiled (crapped) diapers. You know them as Pampers.
• • n Deal dēl a portion; an indefinite quantity: a large quantity; the act of dividing cards:
  • v.t Deal to divide, to distribute: to throw about: to deliver
  • v.i Deal to transact business: to act: to distribute cards
  • pa.t Deal and pa.p. dealt (delt)
  • n Deal dēl (U.S.) a bargain: a fir or pine board: timber
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  “If you don't want to deal with the devil, don't go in his shop. Keep on the Lord's side of the fence.”
• Robert H. Schuller

  

  “Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.”
• Dale Carnegie

  

  “I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.”
• Seneca

  

  “The pleasures of the palate deal with us like the Egyptian thieves, who strangle those whom they embrace.”
• Italian Proverb

  

  “He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope.”
• Mark Twain

  

  “There is a great deal of human nature in people.”

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