deal

A2 Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈdiːl/ See IPA manual

Freq #405

Meanings

1

noun
An agreement, especially one to buy or sell something.

They made a deal to sell the house.
2

noun
An arrangement that gives someone a good price or fair treatment.

We got a great deal on our new car.
3

verb
To handle or take action about something (usually with 'with').

The manager knows how to deal with difficult customers.
4

verb
To give out playing cards to players in a game.

It's your turn to deal the cards.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an agreement, especially... trade

3 verb · to handle or take action... cover

Word family

Forms dealsdealt

Derived forms afterdealbedealdeal-breakerydeal-makerdealerdealiedealmakerdealmakingdealthdealwooddealyfardel

From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail- (“part, watershed”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ).

delen Middle English dǣlan Old English *dailijan Proto-West Germanic *dailijaną Proto-Germanic *dʰail- Proto-Indo-European

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Money & Finance Actions & Processes

External links

# deal

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈdiːl/
**Frequency rank:** 405

## Meanings
1. An agreement, especially one to buy or sell something.
2. An arrangement that gives someone a good price or fair treatment.
3. To handle or take action about something (usually with 'with').
4. To give out playing cards to players in a game.

## Examples
- They made a deal to sell the house.
- We got a great deal on our new car.
- The manager knows how to deal with difficult customers.
- It's your turn to deal the cards.

## Derived Forms
- afterdeal
- bedeal
- deal-breakery
- deal-maker
- dealer
- dealie
- dealmaker
- dealmaking
- dealth
- dealwood
- dealy
- fardel

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: delen
- Root: dǣlan
- Root: *dailijan
- Root: *dailijaną
- Root: *dʰail-

## Etymology
From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail- (“part, watershed”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ).

## AI Etymology
deal comes from Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail- (“part, watershed”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ). The historical chain includes Middle English delen, Old English dǣlan, Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, Proto-Germanic *dailijaną, Proto-Indo-European *dʰail-. Current senses include An agreement, especially one to buy or sell something and An arrangement that gives someone a good price or fair treatment. English relatives and later formations include afterdeal, bedeal, deal-breakery.

## Topics
- Money & Finance
- Actions & Processes

markdown

deal

Meanings

Thesaurus

Common collocations

Etymology

Topics

External links

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback