deal
 I. deal1 (dēl)v. dealt, (dĕlt) deal·ing, dealsv. tr.
1. To give out as a share or portion; apportion.
2. To distribute among several recipients. See Synonyms at distribute.
3. To sell:
deal prescriptions; deal cocaine.
4. To administer; deliver:
dealt him a blow to the stomach.
5. Games.
a. To distribute (playing cards) among players.
b. To give (a specific card) to a player while so distributing.v. intr.
1. To be occupied or concerned:
a book that deals with the Middle Ages.
2. To behave in a specified way toward another or others; have transactions:
deal honestly with competitors.
3. To take action with respect to someone or something:
The committee will deal with this complaint.
See Synonyms at treat.
4. To do business; trade:
dealing in diamonds.
5. Games. To distribute playing cards.
6. Slang. To buy and sell drugs, especially illegally.
7. Slang. To cope:
You've got no choice—just deal with it!n.
1. The act or a round of apportioning or distributing.
2. Games.
a. Distribution of playing cards.
b. The cards so distributed; a hand.
c. The right or turn of a player to distribute the cards.
d. The playing of one hand.
3. An indefinite quantity, extent, or degree:
has a great deal of experience.
4. An agreement often arranged secretly, as in business or politics.
5.
a. A business transaction.
b. An agreement, especially one that is mutually beneficial. See Synonyms at bargain.
6. Informal. A sale favorable especially to the buyer; a bargain.
7. Informal. Treatment received:
a raw deal; a fair deal. [Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan, to divide, share. See dail- in Indo-European Roots.] II. deal2 (dēl)n.
1.
a. A fir or pine board cut to standard dimensions.
b. Such boards or planks considered as a group.
2. Fir or pine wood. [Middle English dele, from Middle Dutch, and Middle Low German dele, plank.]
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