deal
    n 1: 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" [syn: deal, trade,
         business deal]
    2: 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" [syn: bargain, deal]
    3: (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" [syn:
       batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal,
       hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint,
       mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty,
       pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
       stack, tidy sum, wad]
    4: a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
    5: wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
       [syn: softwood, deal]
    6: 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" [syn: hand, deal]
    7: the type of treatment received (especially as the result of
       an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car"
    8: the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed
       around the table clockwise"
    9: the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the
       captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
    v 1: 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" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal,
         address]
    2: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the
       case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn:
       consider, take, deal, look at]
    3: 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"
    4: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas";
       "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn:
       cope, get by, make out, make do, contend,
       grapple, deal, manage]
    5: 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" [syn:
       distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out,
       lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out,
       allot, dole out]
    6: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She
       deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: deal,
       sell, trade]
    7: 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" [syn:
       manage, deal, care, handle]
    8: behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with
       his employees"
    9: distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"
    10: direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct
        business like this" [syn: conduct, carry on, deal]
    11: give out as one's portion or share [syn: share, divvy
        up, portion out, apportion, deal]
    12: give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen
        of Spades"
    13: sell; "deal hashish"

Deal \Deal\ (d[=e]l), n. [OE. del, deel, part, AS. d[=ae]l; akin
   to OS. d[=e]l, D. & Dan. deel, G. theil, teil, Icel. deild,
   Sw. del, Goth. dails. [root]65. Cf. 3d Dole.]
   1. 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.
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            Three tenth deals [parts of an ephah] of flour.
                                                  --Num. xv. 9.
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            As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may
            count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power.
                                                  --M. Arnold.
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            She was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
                                                  --W. Black.
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   Note: It was formerly limited by some, every, never a, a
         thousand, etc.; as, some deal; but these are now
         obsolete or vulgar. In general, we now qualify the word
         with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by
         being understood; as, a great deal of time and pains; a
         great (or good) deal better or worse; that is, better
         by a great deal, or by a great part or difference.
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   2. The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the
      portion disturbed.
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            The deal, the shuffle, and the cut.   --Swift.
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   3. Distribution; apportionment. [Colloq.]
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   4. An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination
      of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations
      and political bargains. [Slang]
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   5. [Prob. from D. deel a plank, threshing floor. See
      Thill.] 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.
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   Note: Whole deal is a general term for planking one and one
         half inches thick.
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   6. Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
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   Deal tree, a fir tree. --Dr. Prior.
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Deal \Deal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dealt (d[e^]lt); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Dealing.] [OE. delen, AS. d[=ae]lan, fr. d[=ae]l share;
   akin to OS. d[=e]lian, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel.
   deila, Sw. dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan. See Deal, n.]
   1. To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in
      portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; --
      sometimes with out.
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            Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? --Is.
                                                  lviii. 7.
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            And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.
                                                  --Tickell.
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            The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. --Gay.
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            Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were
            dealt.                                --Dryden.
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   2. Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at
      the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal
      one a jack.
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Deal \Deal\, v. i.
   1. To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards
      to the players.
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   2. 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.
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            They buy and sell, they deal and traffic. --South.
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            This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other
            petty merchants deal but for parcels. --Dr. H. More.
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   3. To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to
      manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or
      with.
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            Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth
            his own credit with both, by pretending greater
            interest than he hath in either.      --Bacon.
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   4. To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or
      towards any one; to treat.
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            If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he
            will acknowledge all this to be true. --Tillotson.
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   5. To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition,
      check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to
      deal with.
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   To deal by, to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well
      by servants. "Such an one deals not fairly by his own
      mind." --Locke.

   To deal in.
      (a) To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as,
          they deal in political matters.
      (b) To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or
          wholesaler; as, they deal in fish.

   To deal with.
      (a) To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill;
          to have to do with; specifically, to trade with.
          "Dealing with witches." --Shak.
      (b) To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with.
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                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.
                                                  --Hawthorne.
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                Return . . . and I will deal well with thee.
                                                  --Gen. xxxii.
                                                  9.
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Deal, NJ -- U.S. borough in New Jersey
   Population (2000):    1070
   Housing Units (2000): 953
   Land area (2000):     1.215150 sq. miles (3.147225 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.079126 sq. miles (0.204935 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.294276 sq. miles (3.352160 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            16660
   Located within:       New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
   Location:             40.247866 N, 73.997328 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     07723
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
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