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- [deel]
- /dil/
- /diːl/
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- [deel]
- /dil/
Definitions of deal word
- quantifier deal If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it. 3
- quantifier deal Deal is also an adverb. 3
- quantifier deal Deal is also a pronoun. 3
- quantifier deal A deal of something is a lot of it. 3
- countable noun deal If you make a deal, do a deal, or cut a deal, you complete an agreement or an arrangement with someone, especially in business. 3
- verb deal If a person, company, or shop deals in a particular type of goods, their business involves buying or selling those goods. 3
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Origin of deal
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English delen, Old English dǣlan (cognate with German teilen), derivative of dǣl part (cognate with German Teil); (noun) in part derivative of the v.; (in defs 19, 23) Middle English deel, del(e), Old English dǣl
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Parts of speech for Deal
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
deal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
deal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for deal
verb deal
- sell — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- negotiate — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- trade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- treat — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
noun deal
- contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
- transaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- agreement — An agreement is a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people.
- arrangement — Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
- pact — an agreement, covenant, or compact: We made a pact not to argue any more.
Antonyms for deal
verb deal
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- agree — If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
noun deal
- denial — A denial of something is a statement that it is not true, does not exist, or did not happen.
- disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- dissension — strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
- refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
- misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
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