Meaning

13 senses

  1. (often)An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).

    Menge

    ку́чаkúča, у́ймаújma, дильdilʹ

  2. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.

    I didn’t have a good deal all evening.

    I believe it's your deal.

    сда́чаsdáča

    the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time

  3. A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.

    We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.

    recognizing the societal deal between capital and labor regarding retirement savings

    Handel, Deal

    сде́лкаsdélka

    уго́даuhóda

    a particular instance of buying or selling

  4. A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

    сде́лкаsdélka

    уго́даuhóda

  5. An agreement between parties; an arrangement.

    He made a deal with the devil.

    I didn't deserve it, but he cut me a deal.

    Pakt, Abkommen, Abmachung

    сде́лкаsdélka, угово́рugovór, догово́рdogovór

    уго́даuhóda

    an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each

  6. (informal)A situation, occasion, or event.

    What's the deal here?

    Their new movie is the biggest deal of the year.

    Sache

    де́лоdélo

    спра́ваspráva

  7. (informal)A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.

    The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.

    Teil

    шту́каštúka, штуко́винаštukóvina

  8. (slang)A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.

    What's her deal?

  9. (uncountable)Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).

    1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 86, Some Houses were […] entirely lock’d up, the Doors padlockt, the Windows and Doors having Deal Boards nail’d over them,

    Bohle

    wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

  10. (countable)A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).

    Planke

    a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

  11. (obsolete)A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.

    We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king.

    Anteil, Portion

    разда́чаrazdáča, распределе́ниеraspredelénije

  12. (archaic, broadly)An act of dealing or sharing out.

    the act of apportioning or distributing something

Examples

2458 sentences

  1. We must deal with this problem.

    Ми маємо впоратися з цією проблемою. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    deWir müssen uns um das Problem kümmern. — MUIRIEL

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  2. I had to deal with Tom.

    Я повинен був мати справу з Томом. — deniko

    ruМне пришлось разобраться с Томом. — sharptoothed

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  3. I have to deal with Tom.

    Я мушу мати справу з Томом. — deniko

    ruЯ должен разобраться с Томом. — sharptoothed

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  4. I made a deal with Tom.

    Ми з Томом уклади угоду. — deniko

    ruЯ заключил сделку с Томом. — Wezel

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  5. How big a deal was it?

    Наскільки це було важливо? — deniko

    ruНасколько это было важно? — Ooneykcall

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
instance of buying or selling — see also transaction:
informal: situation, occasion, event:
Русский
By meaning 7
division, share:
large number or amount or extent:
distribution of cards:
instance of buying or selling — see also transaction:
agreement, arrangement:
informal: situation, occasion, event:
informal: unspecified or unidentified object:
Deutsch
By meaning 8
division, share:
large number or amount or extent:
instance of buying or selling — see also transaction:
agreement, arrangement:
informal: situation, occasion, event:
informal: unspecified or unidentified object:
wood that is easy to saw:
plank of softwood:

Origin

From Middle English del, dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-W

From Middle English del, dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-West Germanic *daili, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰ(h₁)-oy-lo- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Scots dele (“part, portion”), West Frisian diel (“part, share”), Dutch deel (“part, share, portion”), German Teil (“part, portion, section”), Danish, Slovene, and Swedish del (“part”), Icelandic deila (“division, contention”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (dails, “portion”). Related to Old English dāl (“portion”). More at dole.

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 *dʰoh₁-i-l- (“part, watershed”).

From Middle English dele (“plank”), from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“plank, board”); cognate with Old English þille. Doublet of (dialectal) theal and thill.

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Forms

plural: deals
Singulardeal
Pluraldeals

regular

Synonyms

43 synonyms
allotmentC2distributionB1batchA2flockB1heapB2loadA2lotA2massB2messB1mintB2pileA2plentyA2potB1handA1
Close in meaning

Word family

47 related words
Derivedbig dealreal dealafterdealforedealhalf-dealordaliumordealoverdealsomedealbed-and-breakfast dealbedroom dealbook dealbum dealdeal breakerdeal-breakerydeal flowdealiedealmakerdealmakingdeal memodone dealdope dealdouble dealdrug deal

Collocations

12 patterns
  • to deal with
  • deal with this
  • a great deal
  • a big deal
  • deal with that
  • big deal
  • great deal
  • great deal of
  • deal with the
  • have to deal
  • a good deal
  • make a deal

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
deafB1deafendealerB1dealershipdealingdean

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