deal
/ˈdiːl/ noun C2- The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this. · I didn’t have a good deal all evening.
- 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.
- An agreement between parties; an arrangement. · I didn't deserve it, but he cut me a deal.· to cut a deal, to cut deals
- A situation, occasion, or event. · What's the deal here?· Their new movie is the biggest deal of the year.
- A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object. · The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.
- A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it. · What's her deal?
Plural deals
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“Still,” argued Caderousse, “I would give a great deal if nothing of the kind had happened; or, at least, that I had had no hand in it.
So he painted my right eye, and as soon as it was finished I found myself looking at him and at everything around me with a great deal of curiosity, for this was my first glimpse of the world.
Then, with a great deal of chattering and noise, the Winged Monkeys flew away to the place where Dorothy and her friends were walking.
Anyhow, I’m not ashamed to say that it is a deal too thick for the likes of me.”
Other matches
- deal An indefinite quantity or amount A2
- deal To distribute among a number of recipients, to ... B1
- deal Wood that is easy to saw C2
- deal Made of deal. C2
- deal in To deal cards to someone entering a game
- deal into To discard another player's winning tile, causi...
- deal out not to deal cards to someone who is leaving a g...
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