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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : deel
Phonetic Transcription : dil



Definition of deal

Origin :
  • from Old English dæl "part, share, quantity, amount," from Proto-Germanic *dailaz (cf. Old Norse deild, Old Frisian del, Dutch deel, Old High German and German teil, Gothic dails "part, share"), from PIE *dail- "to divide" (cf. Old Church Slavonic delu "part," Lithuanian dalis).
  • Business sense of "transaction, bargain" is 1837, originally slang. Meaning "an amount" is from 1560s. New Deal is from F.D. Roosevelt speech of July 1932. Big deal is 1928; ironic use first recorded 1951 in "Catcher in the Rye." Deal breaker is attested by 1975.
  • noun agreement, bargain
  • noun amount, share
  • noun distribution of playing cards
  • verb do business
  • verb distribute
Example sentences :
  • A deal with the Rothschilds for control of the Spanish mines had fallen through.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He became obsessed with the idea that the people with whom he had to deal were "out to get him."
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • The men I had to deal with were more to be pitied than blamed.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • No, he couldn't go just yet—he'd have to stay with the deal another month.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • It is from this point of view that we must deal with the early idea of God as a God of battles.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • It will be convenient to deal with the fortunes of the right column first.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • It will deal with the world as it is in the service of "the God of things as they are."
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • It will deal with the days of the week as well as with the Sabbath.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • "There's a bunch going into this deal, together, Rose," Bert Mall explained.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • "Well, there's a deal to be said on that side," he remarked.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

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