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A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity,
degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a
deal of cold. |
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The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the
portion disturbed. |
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Distribution; apportionment. |
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An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of
interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political
bargains. |
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The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or
plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches
in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it
is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end. |
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Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal. |
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To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in
portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out. |
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Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the
commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack. |
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To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards
to the players. |
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To do a distributing or retailing business, as
distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to
trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour. |
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To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to
manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with. |
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To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or
towards any one; to treat. |
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To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition,
check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with. |
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