deal

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of apportioning or distributing something

   the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions

2. 2
   noun

   the act of distributing playing cards

   the deal was passed around the table clockwise

3. 3
   noun

   a particular instance of buying or selling

   it was a package deal

4. 4
   noun

   the type of treatment received, especially as the result of an agreement

   They got a good deal on their car.

5. 5
   verb

   act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

   This book deals with incest

6. 6
   verb

   sell

   deal hashish

7. 7
   verb

   distribute cards to the players in a game

   Who's dealing?

8. 8
   verb

   to give a specific card to a player

   They dealt me the Queen of Spades.

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).