deal

1a :  to give as one's portion :  apportion dealt out three sandwiches apiece a judge dealing out punishmentsb card games :  to distribute (playing cards) to players Deal the cards.

2 :  administer, deliver dealt him a blow

3 business a :  sell deals drugsb :  trade deal a player to another team

1 card games :  to distribute the cards to players your turn to deal

2 :  to concern oneself or itself the book deals with education a lawyer who deals with real estate law

3 business a :  to engage in bargaining :  tradeb :  to sell or distribute something as a business deal in insurance

4a :  to take action with regard to someone or something deal with an offender Who's going to deal with this mess?b :  to reach or try to reach a state of acceptance or reconcilement trying to deal with her son's death

1 business a :  an act of dealing (see ²deal 3) :  transaction big corporate deals a real estate dealb :  bargain got a great deal on a new TV accepted a plea dealc :  contract 1a signed a 2-year deal

2 :  package deal

3 :  treatment received a dirty deal

4 :  an arrangement for mutual advantage kept his side of the deal

5 :  affair 2 dinner was an informal deal

6 :  situation, story what is the deal with that guy? tried to figure out her deal

7 :  mccoy —used in the phrase the real deal

1 British :  a board of fir or pine

2 :  pine or fir wood

1 :  an indefinite amount It means a great deal to me.

2 :  a person's turn to pass out the cards in a card game

1 :  to give out as a person's share It's your turn to deal the cards. The judge dealt out justice to all.

2 :  ¹give 8, administer “… he has done mischief; and blows must be dealt now.” — Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

3 :  to have to do This book deals with airplanes.

4 :  to take action The sheriff dealt with the outlaws.

5 :  to buy and sell regularly :  trade deals cars

1 :  an agreement to do business We made a deal to trade baseball cards.

2 :  treatment received We got a bad deal from the ref.

3 :  an arrangement that is good for everyone involved The two sides agreed on a deal to end the dispute.

:  to carry on the business of buying or especially selling (something) dealing drugs

1 :  to engage in bargaining

2 :  to sell or distribute something as a business or for money dealing in real estate deal in stolen property

1 :  an act of dealing :  a business transaction

2 :  an arrangement for mutual advantage (as for a defendant to testify in exchange for immunity from prosecution)