Deal

  • 61deal — See: GOOD DEAL or GREAT DEAL, NEW DEAL, NO DEAL, THINK A GREAT DEAL OF, WHEEL AND DEAL …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 62deal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. apportion, allocate, allot, distribute; BARTER; inflict; give, bestow, dole. See apportionment, giving. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An agreement, often secret or underhanded] Syn. understanding,… …

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  • 63deal — {{11}}deal (n.1) from O.E. dæl part, share, quantity, amount, and its verbal derivative dælan to divide, distribute, separate, share, from P.Gmc. *dailaz (Cf. O.N. deild, O.Fris. del, Du. deel, O.H.G., Ger. teil, Goth. dails part, share ), from… …

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  • 64deal — See: good deal or great deal, new deal, no deal, think a great deal of, wheel and deal …

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  • 65deal in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms deal in : present tense I/you/we/they deal in he/she/it deals in present participle dealing in past tense dealt in past participle dealt in 1) deal in something to buy and sell something a small company that… …

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  • 66deal — 1. noun completion of the deal Syn: agreement, understanding, pact, bargain, covenant, contract, treaty; arrangement, compromise, settlement; terms; transaction, sale, account; Law indenture 2. verb 1) how to deal with difficult children …

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  • 67Deal — This interesting name is a variant of Dale which is a topographical name deriving from the Middle English dale which traces its roots to the Old English term dael or dweller in the valley . Dale may also be habitational in origin, arising from… …

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  • 68deal — 1) n British a portion or amount of a drug, especially hashish. Before decimalisation in 1971, very small amounts of cannabis were bought or referred to as a five bob deal or ten bob deal . 2) vb to sell (drugs). The verb is used intran sitively …

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  • 69deal — English has two words deal. The one which now means chiefly ‘distribute’ goes back to Old English dǣl ‘part’ and its verbal derivative dǣlan ‘divide’. The noun (together with its relatives German teil, Dutch deel, and Gothic dails) goes back to a …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 70deal — 1. noun completion of the deal Syn: agreement, understanding, pact, bargain, covenant, contract, treaty, arrangement, compromise, settlement, terms 2. verb 1) how to deal with difficult children Syn …

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