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Noun deal has 9 senses
- deal, trade, business 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"
--1 is a kind of transaction, dealing, dealings
--1 has particulars: arms deal; penny ante
- bargain, 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"
--2 is a kind of agreement, understanding
- batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew - (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"; "it must have cost plenty"
--3 is a kind of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
--3 has particulars: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
- deal - a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
--4 is a kind of board, plank
- softwood, deal - wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
--5 is a kind of wood
--5 has particulars: pulpwood
- hand, 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"
--6 is a kind of collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
--6 has parts: long suit
--6 has particulars: bridge hand; poker hand
- deal - the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car"
--7 is a kind of result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination
--7 has particulars: fair deal, square deal; raw deal
- deal - the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise"
--8 is a kind of distribution
--8 is a part of card game, cards
--8 has particulars: misdeal
- deal - the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
--9 is a kind of allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
--9 has particulars: new deal
Verb deal has 13 senses
- cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address - deal with 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"
--1 is one way to broach, initiate
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- 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"
--2 is one way to act, move
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- consider, take, deal, look at - take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
--3 is one way to think about
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- cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage - come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
--4 is one way to act, move
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- distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out - 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"
--5 is one way to give
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- deal, sell, trade - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
--6 is one way to transact
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- manage, deal, care, handle - 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"
--7 is one way to control, command
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- deal - behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"
--8 is one way to behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
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- deal - distribute to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"
--9 is one way to distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
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- conduct, carry on, deal - direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"
--10 is one way to manage, deal, care, handle
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- share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal - give out as one's portion or share
--11 is one way to distribute, give out, hand out
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- deal - give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"
--12 is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
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- deal - sell; "deal hashish"
--13 is one way to deal, sell, trade
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