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Princeton's WordNet

  1. deal, trade, business dealnoun

    a particular instance of buying or selling

    "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal"

  2. bargain, dealnoun

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

    "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"

  3. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wadnoun

    (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

    "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"

  4. dealnoun

    a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

  5. softwood, dealnoun

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

  6. hand, dealnoun

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

    "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand"

  7. dealnoun

    the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)

    "he got a good deal on his car"

  8. dealnoun

    the act of distributing playing cards

    "the deal was passed around the table clockwise"

  9. dealverb

    the act of apportioning or distributing something

    "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"

  10. cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, addressverb

    act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

    "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"

  11. consider, take, deal, look atverb

    take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

    "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"

  12. dealverb

    take action with respect to (someone or something)

    "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students"

  13. cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manageverb

    come to terms with

    "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

  14. distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole outverb

    administer or bestow, as in small portions

    "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"

  15. deal, sell, tradeverb

    do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood

    "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"

  16. manage, deal, care, handleverb

    be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

    "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"

  17. dealverb

    behave in a certain way towards others

    "He deals fairly with his employees"

  18. dealverb

    distribute cards to the players in a game

    "Who's dealing?"

  19. conduct, carry on, dealverb

    direct the course of; manage or control

    "You cannot conduct business like this"

  20. share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, dealverb

    give out as one's portion or share

  21. dealverb

    give (a specific card) to a player

    "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"

  22. dealverb

    sell

    "deal hashish"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DEALnoun

    Etymology: deel, Dutch.

    A great deal of that which had been, was now to be removed out of the church. Richard Hooker, b. 4. sect. 14.

    When men’s affections do frame their opinions, they are in defence of errour more earnest a great deal than, for the most part, sound believers in the maintainance of truth, apprehending according to the nature of that evidence which scripture yieldeth. Richard Hooker, Preface.

    There is, indeed, store of matters, fitter and better a great deal for teachers to spend time and labour in. Richard Hooker, b. iv.

    To weep with them that weep, doth ease some deal;
    But sorrow, flouted at, is double death. William Shakespeare, Tit. Andron.

    What a deal of cold business doth a man mispend the better part of life in! In scattering compliments, and tendering visits. Ben Jonson, Discoveries.

    The charge, some deal thee haply honour may,
    That noble Dudone had while here he liv’d. Edward Fairfax, b. v.

    Possibly some never so much as doubted of the safety of their spiritual estate; and, if so, let them rest assured, that they have so much the more reason a great deal to doubt of it. Robert South, Sermons.

    The author, who knew that such a design as this could not be carried on without a great deal of artifice and sophistry, has puzzled and perplexed his cause, by throwing his thoughts together in a studied confusion. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 31.

    How can the muse her aid support,
    Unskill’d in all the terms of art!
    Or in harmonious numbers put
    The deal, the shuffle, and the cut. Jonathan Swift.

    I have also found, that a piece of deal, far thicker than one would easily imagine, being purposely interposed betwixt my eye, placed in a room; and the clearer daylight was not only somewhat transparent, but appeared quite through a lovely red. Robert Boyle, on Colours.

  2. To Dealverb

    Etymology: deelen, Dutch.

    Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the poor that are cast out, to thy house. Isa. lviii. 7.

    One with a broken truncheon deals his blows. John Dryden, Fab.

    The business of mankind in this life, being rather to act than to know, their portion of knowledge is dealt them accordingly. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 237.

    How Spain prepares her banners to unfold,
    And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold. Thomas Tickell.

    Had the philosophers and great men of antiquity been possessed of the art of printing, there is no question but they would have made an advantage of it, in dealing out their lectures to the publick. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 184.

    If you deal out great quantities of strong liquor to the mob, there will be many drunk. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

    Keep me from the vengeance of thy darts,
    Which Niobe’s devoted issue felt,
    When hissing through the skies, the feather’d deaths were dealt. John Dryden, Fables.

    The nightly mallet deals resounding blows,
    ’Till the proud battlements her tow’rs inclose. John Gay.

    His lifted arms around his head he throws,
    And deals, in whistling air, his empty blows. John Dryden, Virgil.

  3. To Dealverb

    It is generally better to deal by speech than by letter; and by the mediation of a third, than by a man himself. Francis Bacon.

    This is to drive a wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants deal but for parcels. Decay of Piety.

    They buy and sell, they deal and traffick. South.

    Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either. Francis Bacon, Essay 55.

    I doubt not, if he will deal clearly and impartially, but that he will acknowledge all this to be true. John Tillotson, Sermons.

    Two deep enemies,
    Foes to my rest, and my sweet sleep’s disturbers,
    Are they that I would have thee deal upon. William Shakespeare, R. III.

    Such an one deals not fairly by his own mind, nor conducts his own understanding aright. John Locke.

    Suiters are so distasted with delays and abuses, that plain-dealing, in denying to deal in suits at first, is grown not only honourable, but also gracious. Francis Bacon, Essay 59.

    The Scripture forbids even the countenancing a poor man in his cause; which is a popular way of preventing justice, that some men have dealt in, though without that success which they proposed to themselves in it. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

    Among all sets of authors, there are none who draw upon themselves more displeasure than those who deal in political matters. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 40.

    True logick is not that noisy thing that deals all in dispute and wrangling, to which the former ages had debased and confined it. Isaac Watts, Logick.

    Neither can the Irish, nor yet the English lords, think themselves wronged, nor hardly dealt with, to have that which is none of their own given to them. Edmund Spenser, Ireland.

    Who then shall guide
    His people? Who defend? Will they not deal
    Worse with his followers, than with him they dealt? John Milton.

    If a man would have his conscience deal clearly with him, he must deal severely with that. Robert South, Sermons.

    God did not only exercise this providence towards his own people, but he dealt thus also with other nations. John Tillotson.

    But I will deal the more civilly with his two poems, because nothing ill is to be spoken of the dead. John Dryden, Fab. Preface.

    You wrote to me with the freedom of a friend, dealing plainly with me in the matter of my own trifles. Alexander Pope.

    Reflect on the merits of the cause, as well as of the men, who had been thus dealt with by their country. Jonathan Swift.

    If she hated me, I should know what passion to deal with. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

    Gentlemen were commanded to remain in the country, to govern the people, easy to be dealt with whilst they stand in fear. John Hayward.

    Then you upbraid me; I am pleas’d to see
    You’re not so perfect, but can fail like me:
    I have no God to deal with. John Dryden, Aurengzebe.

Wikipedia

  1. DEAL

    In cryptography, DEAL (Data Encryption Algorithm with Larger blocks) is a symmetric block cipher derived from the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The design was proposed in a report by Lars Knudsen in 1998, and was submitted to the AES contest by Richard Outerbridge (who notes that Knudsen had presented the design at the SAC conference in 1997). DEAL is a Feistel network which uses DES as the round function. It has a 128-bit block size and a variable key size of either 128, 192, or 256 bits. For key sizes of 128 and 192 bits, the cipher uses 6 rounds, increasing to 8 for the 256-bits size. The scheme has a comparable performance to Triple DES, and was relatively slow compared to many other AES candidates.

ChatGPT

  1. deal

    A deal refers to an agreement or arrangement, often in business or trade context, made between two or more parties with certain terms and conditions. It can also refer to the act of distributing or giving out something. It may also denote a significant amount or bargain.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dealnoun

    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

  2. Dealnoun

    the process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed

  3. Dealnoun

    distribution; apportionment

  4. Dealnoun

    an arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains

  5. Dealnoun

    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

  6. Dealnoun

    wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal

  7. Dealnoun

    to divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out

  8. Dealnoun

    specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack

  9. Dealverb

    to make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players

  10. Dealverb

    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

  11. Dealverb

    to act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with

  12. Dealverb

    to conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat

  13. Dealverb

    to contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with

  14. Etymology: [OE. delen, AS. dlan, fr. dl share; akin to OS. dlian, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel. deila, Sw. dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan. See Deal, n.]

Wikidata

  1. DEAL

    In cryptography, DEAL is a block cipher derived from the Data Encryption Standard. The design was proposed in a report by Lars Knudsen in 1998, and was submitted to the AES contest by Richard Outerbridge. DEAL is a Feistel network which uses DES as the round function. It has a 128-bit block size and a variable key size of either 128, 192, or 256 bits. For key sizes of 128 and 192 bits, the cipher uses 6 rounds, increasing to 8 for the 256-bits size. The scheme has a comparable performance to Triple DES, and was relatively slow compared to many other AES candidates.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Deal

    dēl, n. a portion; an indefinite quantity: a large quantity; the act of dividing cards: (U.S.) a bargain: a fir or pine board: timber.—v.t. to divide, to distribute: to throw about: to deliver.—v.i. to transact business: to act: to distribute cards.—pa.t. and pa.p. dealt (delt).—ns. Deal′er, one who deals: a trader; Deal′-fish, a genus of ribbon-fishes; Deal′ing, manner of acting towards others: intercourse of trade. [A.S. dǽlandǽl, a part; Ger. theilentheil, a part or division. A doublet of dole. By some, however, deal, a plank, is taken as a doublet of thill, from A.S. thel, a plank.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Deal

    a town, one of the old Cinque ports, oil the E. of Kent, opposite the Goodwin Sands, 89 m. from London, with a fine sea-beach; much resorted to for sea-bathing quarters.

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  1. DEAL

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DEAL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Deal is ranked #1760 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Deal surname appeared 20,366 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 would have the surname Deal.

    84.5% or 17,224 total occurrences were White.
    9.2% or 1,888 total occurrences were Black.
    2.2% or 448 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.6% or 336 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    1.5% or 318 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 153 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DEAL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1198

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DEAL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #960

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DEAL' in Nouns Frequency: #452

  4. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DEAL' in Verbs Frequency: #137

Anagrams for DEAL »

  1. leda

  2. dale

  3. lead

  4. lade

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DEAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DEAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of DEAL in a Sentence

  1. President Barack Obama on Tuesday:

    To help deal with this surge, we've sent an urgent request to Congress: give the VA more flexibility so it can move funds to where they are needed right now, i'm calling on Congress to approve this request quickly, this month. Our vets need it and our hospitals need it.

  2. Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari:

    I said there were two conditions for us to accept that proposal: first, this would be the last chance, in other words there had to be certainty of getting a deal on pharmaceuticals; second, because of the schedule, Japan could not accept any further extension.

  3. Aaron Clark:

    The market took their cues from China overnight and the Berkshire Class B deal in another factor driving investor sentiment today.

  4. Eli Lipman:

    Kids, I'm sorry to say this, but it is a big deal. It will hurt, you just got to face the truth : Sometimes you're not OK.

  5. Neal Kleiman:

    Emotionally it’s a very tough thing to deal with. I think we all experience that in the medical community. And this is completely…out of the blue. The medical center is generally regarded to be an almost protected environment.

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Translations for DEAL

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  • صفقةArabic
  • търгувам, разпределям, имам работа с, раздавам, справям се, количество, раздаване, чам, елов, чамов, сделка, чамова дъскаBulgarian
  • repartir, comprar, comerciar, tractar, vendre, tracteCatalan, Valencian
  • obchodovat, rozdělit, pojednávat, jednat, prodávat, rozdat, obchodCzech
  • umgehen, dealen, handeln, austeilen, abhandeln, geben, zuteilen, behandeln, erteilen, verteilen, Abkommen, Portion, Deal, Planke, Abschluss, Anteil, Handel, Bohle, Abmachung, Menge, PaktGerman
  • μοιράζωGreek
  • asignar, tratar, distribuir, comerciar, lanzar, ocuparse, vender, dedicarse, repartir, manejar, traficar, acuerdo, parte, transacción, negocio, repartoSpanish
  • käydä kauppaa, jakaa, käsitellä, hoitaa, trokata, syöttää, jako, diili, sopimus, kauppaFinnish
  • faire face, agir, traiter, faire le commerce, distribuer, pli, donne, part, contrat, marchéFrench
  • dèiligScottish Gaelic
  • tratarGalician
  • עסקהHebrew
  • üzletHungarian
  • porzione, dose, parte, contrattoItalian
  • 扱う, 取引, 対処, 合意Japanese
  • whiuwhiu, tohatohaMāori
  • വ്യവസ്ഥ, കരാർMalayalam
  • handelen, behandelen, verdelen, te maken hebben met, uitdelen, dealen, regelen, delenDutch
  • dele utNorwegian
  • umowa, układ, sprzedaż, transakcja, porozumienie, interes, kontraktPolish
  • lidar, traficar, acordoPortuguese
  • раздава́ть, толка́ть, торгова́ть, справля́ться, распределя́ть, спра́виться, наноси́ть, име́ть де́ло, сбыва́ть, сдава́ть, распределе́ние, сде́лка, ку́ча, у́йма, диль, разда́ча, сда́чаRussian
  • udio, količinaSerbo-Croatian
  • langa, ge, dela, handla, sälja, uppgörelse, kontrakt, affär, transaktion, giv, paktSwedish
  • угодаUkrainian
  • معاہدہUrdu
  • טיילןYiddish
  • 合同Chinese

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