* (UK) IPA(key): /dɪəɫ/ * (US) enPR: dēl, IPA(key): /diːl/ * Rhymes: -iːl

From Middle English _dele_, from Old English _dǣl_ (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-Germanic _*dailiz_ (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European _*dhAil-_ (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Scots _dele_ (“part, portion”), West Frisian _diel_ (“part, share”), Dutch _deel_ (“part, share, portion”), German _Teil_ (“part, portion, section”), Danish _del_ (“part”), Icelandic _deila_ (“division, contention”), Gothic

From Middle English _delen_, from Old English _dǣlan_ (“to divide, part”), from Proto-Germanic _*dailijaną_ (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European _*dʰail-_ (“part, watershed”). Cognate with West Frisian _diele_ (“to divide, separate”), Dutch _delen_, German _teilen_, Swedish _dela_; and with Lithuanian _dalinti_ (“divide”), Russian _делить_ (delitʹ). VERB DEAL (_third-person singular simple present_ DEALS, _present participle_ DEALING, _simple past and past participle_ DEALT) * (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share. _The fighting is over; now we DEAL out the spoils of victory._ * Tickell Rome DEALS out her blessings and her gold. * (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions. * 1820, Sir Walter Scott, _The Abbot_, ch. 30: "Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to DEAL the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?" * To distribute cards to the players in a game. _I was DEALT four aces._ _The cards were shuffled and DEALT by the croupier._ * (baseball) To pitch. _The whole crowd waited for him to DEAL a real humdinger._ * (intransitive) To have dealings or business. * 1838, Charles Dickens, _Oliver Twist_, ch. 11: Mr. Brownlow contrived to state his case; observing that, in the surprise of the moment, he had run after the boy because he saw him running away; and expressing his hope that, if the magistrate should believe him, although not actually the thief, to be connected with thieves; he would DEAL as leniently with him as justice would allow. * (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave. * 1590, Edmund Spenser, _The Faerie Queene_, III.ii: In _Deheubarth_ that now South-wales is hight, / What time king _Ryence_ raign'd, and DEALED right [...]. * (obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act. * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, _Le Morte Darthur_, Book IV: Wel said syr Uwayne go on your waye, and lete me DELE. * (intransitive) To trade professionally (_followed by_ IN). _She DEALS in gold._ * (transitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs. _This club takes a dim view of members who DEAL drugs._ * (intransitive) To be concerned with. * 1922, James Joyce, _Ulysses_, episode 14: Science, it cannot be too often repeated, DEALS with tangible phenomena. * (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope. * 1897, Bram Stoker, _Dracula_, ch 19: Then there was the sound of a struggle, and I knew that the attendants were DEALING with him. _I can't DEAL with this._ SYNONYMS * (distribute among a number of recipients): apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out * (administer in portions): administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out * (distribute (cards)): * (baseball slang: to pitch): pitch, throw * (have dealings with): * (trade): sell, trade, bargain * (sell (illicit drugs)): sell * (be concerned with): * (handle, cope): DERIVED TERMS * deal with * dealer * dealy TRANSLATIONS NOUN DEAL (_plural_ DEALS) * (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing. * 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._ * A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction _We need to finalise the DEAL with Henderson by midnight._ * 2014, Jamie Jackson, "Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real", _The Guardian_, 26 August 2014: The DEAL, which overtakes the £50m paid to Liverpool by Chelsea for Fernando Torres in January 2011 as the highest paid by a British club, takes United’s summer spend to £130.7m, following the £27m spent on Luke Shaw,

From Middle Low German _dele_, cognate with Old English _þille_. NOUN DEAL (_plural_ DEALS) * (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) * (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board) SYNONYMS * (wood that is easy to saw, from conifers such as pine or fir): * (plank of softwood): TRANSLATIONS ADJECTIVE DEAL (_not comparable_) * Made of deal. _A plain DEAL table_ * 1913, D.H. Lawrence, _Sons and Lovers_, chapter 6 She glanced round the kitchen. It was small and curious to her, with its glittering kissing-bunch, its evergreens behind the pictures, its wooden chairs and little DEAL table. * 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, _The Moon and Sixpence_, chapter 47 Through the open door you see a red-tiled floor, a large wooden bed, and on a DEAL table a ewer and a basin. TRANSLATIONS STATISTICS

* Adel * dale, Dale * E.D. La. * lade * lead

From a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian _dol_.

DEAL m f * hill