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say it: deel
deal is a verb and noun meaning "act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression". It carries 22 recorded senses.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
“Take the case of China”
“Consider the following case”
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”
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”
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”
give out as one's portion or share
sell
“deal hashish”
commerce
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”
(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”
a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
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”
the act of distributing playing cards
“the deal was passed around the table clockwise”
card game
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for deal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.