new deal

1. 1.

   the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt

   Broadereconomic policy
2. 2.

   the historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented

   Broaderhistoric period
3. 3.

   a reapportioning of something

   Broaderdeal

Questions about new deal

What does new deal mean?

new deal means "the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is new deal a common word?

new deal is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.