[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deal \deal\ d=el, n. oe. del, deel, part, as. d=ael; akin
   to os. d=el, d.  dan. deel, g. theil, teil, icel. deild,
   sw. del, goth. dails. root65. cf. 3d dole.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            three tenth deals parts of an ephah of flour.
                                                  --num. xv. 9.
      1913 webster

            as an object of science it the celtic genius may
            count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power.
                                                  --m. arnold.
      1913 webster

            she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
                                                  --w. black.
      1913 webster

   note: it was formerly limited by some, every, never a, a
         thousand, etc.; as, some deal; but these are now
         obsolete or vulgar. in general, we now qualify the word
         with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by
         being understood; as, a great deal of time and pains; a
         great or good deal better or worse; that is, better
         by a great deal, or by a great part or difference.
         1913 webster

   2. the process of dealing cards to the players; also, the
      portion disturbed.
      1913 webster

            the deal, the shuffle, and the cut.   --swift.
      1913 webster

   3. distribution; apportionment. colloq.
      1913 webster

   4. an arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination
      of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations
      and political bargains. slang
      1913 webster

   5. prob. from d. deel a plank, threshing floor. see
      thill. 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.
      1913 webster

   note: whole deal is a general term for planking one and one
         half inches thick.
         1913 webster

   6. wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
      1913 webster

   deal tree, a fir tree. --dr. prior.
      1913 webster
see also:
dole thill deal tree 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deal \deal\, v. t. imp.  p. p. dealt de^lt; p. pr.  vb.
   n. dealing. oe. delen, as. d=aelan, fr. d=ael share;
   akin to os. d=elian, d. deelen, g. theilen, teilen, icel.
   deila, sw. dela, dan. dele, goth. dailjan. see deal, n.
   1. to divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in
      portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; --
      sometimes with out.
      1913 webster

            is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? --is.
                                                  lviii. 7.
      1913 webster

            and rome deals out her blessings and her gold.
                                                  --tickell.
      1913 webster

            the nightly mallet deals resounding blows. --gay.
      1913 webster

            hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were
            dealt.                                --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. specifically: to distribute, as cards, to the players at
      the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal
      one a jack.
      1913 webster
see also:
dealt dealing deal 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deal \deal\, v. i.
   1. to make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards
      to the players.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            they buy and sell, they deal and traffic. --south.
      1913 webster

            this is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other
            petty merchants deal but for parcels. --dr. h. more.
      1913 webster

   3. to act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to
      manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or
      with.
      1913 webster

            sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth
            his own credit with both, by pretending greater
            interest than he hath in either.      --bacon.
      1913 webster

   4. to conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or
      towards any one; to treat.
      1913 webster

            if he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he
            will acknowledge all this to be true. --tillotson.
      1913 webster

   5. to contend with; to treat with, by way of opposition,
      check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to
      deal with.
      1913 webster

   to deal by, to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well
      by servants. "such an one deals not fairly by his own
      mind." --locke.

   to deal in.
      a to have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as,
          they deal in political matters.
      b to buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or
          wholesaler; as, they deal in fish.

   to deal with.
      a to treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill;
          to have to do with; specifically, to trade with.
          "dealing with witches." --shak.
      b to reprove solemnly; to expostulate with.
          1913 webster

                the deacons of his church, who, to use their own
                phrase, "dealt with him" on the sin of rejecting
                the aid which providence so manifestly held out.
                                                  --hawthorne.
          1913 webster

                return . . . and i will deal well with thee.
                                                  --gen. xxxii.
                                                  9.
          1913 webster
see also:
to deal by to deal in to deal with 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

deal
     adj : made of fir or pine; "a plain deal table"
     n 1: 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" syn: trade, business
          deal
     2: 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" syn: bargain
     3: 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"; "it must
        have cost plenty" syn: batch, flock, good deal, great
        deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle,
        mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite
        a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy
        sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
     4: a plank of softwood fir or pine board
     5: wood that is easy to saw from conifers such as pine or fir
        syn: softwood
     6: 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" syn: hand
     7: the type of treatment received especially as the result of
        an agreement; "he got a good deal on his car"
     8: the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed
        around the table clockwise"
     9: the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the
        captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
     v 1: deal with 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" syn: cover, treat, handle, plow,
           address
     2: 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"
     3: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "take the
        case of china"; "consider the following case" syn: consider,
         take, look at
     4: come to terms or deal successfully with; "we got by on just
        a gallon of gas"; "they made do on half a loaf of bread
        every day" syn: cope, get by, make out, make do,
        contend, grapple, manage
     5: 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" syn: distribute, administer, mete
        out, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal
        out, dish out, allot, dole out
     6: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "she
        deals in gold"; "the brothers sell shoes" syn: sell, trade
     7: 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"
        syn: manage, care, handle
     8: behave in a certain way towards others; "he deals fairly
        with his employees"
     9: distribute to the players in a game; "who's dealing?"
     10: direct the course of; manage or control; "you cannot conduct
         business like this" syn: conduct, carry on
     11: give out as one's portion or share syn: share, divvy up,
          portion out, apportion
     12: give a specific card to a player; "he dealt me the queen
         of spades"
     13: sell; "deal hashish"
     also: dealt
see also:
trade business deal bargain batch flock good deal 
great deal hatful heap lot mass 
mess mickle mint muckle peck 
pile plenty pot quite a little raft 
sight slew spate stack tidy sum 
wad whole lot whole slew softwood hand 
cover treat handle plow address 
consider take look at cope get by 
make out make do contend grapple manage 
distribute administer mete out parcel out dispense 
shell out deal out dish out allot dole out 
sell care conduct carry on share 
divvy up portion out apportion dealt 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

413 moby thesaurus words for "deal":
   byzantine intrigues, abatement of differences, accommodation,
   accord, act, act on, adjustment, administer, affair, afford,
   agreement, align, allocate, allot, allotment, allow, allowance,
   amount, apportion, arrangement, array, attempt, attend to, award,
   backstairs influence, bang, bargain, barter, bash, bat, batch,
   beam, behave, belt, bestow, bestow on, biff, big end, bigger half,
   billet, binding agreement, bit, bite, blind bargain, board,
   boarding, bond, bonk, budget, bunch, business, business deal,
   buy and sell, cartel, change, chunk, clap, clapboard, clip,
   clobber, clout, clump, clutch, coat, coating, coldcock,
   collective agreement, collocate, collop, commercial transaction,
   commission, commitment, communicate, compact, compose, composition,
   compromise, concession, confer, connections, considerable,
   consortium, contingent, contract, convention, cop-out, cord,
   cordwood, count, covenant, covenant of salt, covering, crack, cut,
   dash, deal a blow, deal out, deal with, deals, deck, deliver,
   desertion of principle, destiny, dicker, disburse, dish out, disk,
   dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, divide, dividend, divvy,
   do business, dole, dole out, donate, dose, driftwood, effort,
   employment contract, end, engage in, engagement, enterprise,
   equal share, evasion of responsibility, exchange, extend, extent,
   fate, fetch, fetch a blow, feuille, film, firewood, fix, flap,
   foil, fold, fork out, formal agreement, games, gift, gift with,
   give, give freely, give in exchange, give out, give-and-take,
   giving way, gob, gobs, good deal, grant, grapple with, great deal,
   group, half, halver, hand out, handle, hard bargain, hardwood,
   heap, heaps, help to, helping, hit, hit a clip, horse trade,
   horse-trade, hunk, impart, inflict, influence peddling,
   interchange, interest, intrigues, ironclad agreement, issue, jab,
   knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, lamella, lamina,
   laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, large amount, lashings, lath,
   lathing, lathwork, lavish, leaf, legal agreement, legal contract,
   let have, let have it, line, line up, loads, lobbying, lobbyism,
   log, lot, lots, lumber, marshal, measure, measure out, meed,
   membrane, mess, mete, mete out, mint, modicum, moiety,
   mutual agreement, mutual concession, negotiation, number,
   obligation, offer, oodles, operation, pack, package deal, pact,
   paction, pane, panel, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, parcel,
   parcel out, part, partake, participate, partition, pass around,
   paste, patina, pay out, peck, peel, pellicle, percentage, piece,
   pile, piles, place, plait, plan, plank, planking, plate, plating,
   ploys, plunk, ply, plyboard, plywood, poke, pole, portion,
   portion out, post, pot, pour, present, proffer, program, project,
   promise, proportion, proposition, protocol, punch, puncheon,
   quantity, quantum, quite a little, quota, raft, rafts, rain,
   rake-off, rally, range, rasher, ration, reckon with, regiment,
   render, ropes, safety glass, scads, schemes, scum, see to, segment,
   serve, set out, settlement, shake, share, sheathing,
   sheathing board, sheet, sheeting, shell out, shingle, shower,
   sideboard, siding, sight, skin, slab, slam, slat, slew, slews,
   slice, slip, slog, slug, smack, small amount, small share, smite,
   snap, snow, soak, sock, softwood, space, spate, splat, spoon out,
   stack, stacks, stake, stave, stick, stick of wood, stipulation,
   stock, stovewood, strike, strike at, strings, sum, surrender, swap,
   swap horses, swat, swipe, switch, table, tablet, take care of,
   take in exchange, task, tender, three-by-four, thump, thwack,
   tidy sum, timber, timbering, timberwork, trade, trade in,
   trade off, trade sight unseen, trade-in, traffic, transaction,
   treat, truck, turn, two-by-four, understanding, undertaking,
   union contract, valid contract, veneer, venture, vouchsafe, wad,
   wads, wafer, wage contract, wallop, weatherboard, whack, wham,
   whole slew, whop, wire-pulling, wires, wood, work, yerk, yield,
   yielding

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

deal, nj borough, fips 16660
  location: 40.24980 n, 73.99725 w
  population 1990: 1179 977 housing units
  area: 3.1 sq km land, 0.2 sq km water
  zip codes: 07723

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

deal, nj -- u.s. borough in new jersey
   population 2000:    1070
   housing units 2000: 953
   land area 2000:     1.215150 sq. miles 3.147225 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.079126 sq. miles 0.204935 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.294276 sq. miles 3.352160 sq. km
   fips code:            16660
   located within:       new jersey nj, fips 34
   location:             40.247866 n, 73.997328 w
   zip codes 1990:     07723
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    deal, nj
    deal

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