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(noun) the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions" |
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Related Words: allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, new deal, parceling, parcelling |
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(noun) (card game) the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise" |
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Related Words: distribution, misdeal |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: business deal, trade |
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Related Words: arms deal, dealing, dealings, penny ante, transaction |
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(verb) do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
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Synonyms: sell, trade |
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Related Words: black marketeer, deal, hawk, huckster, market, monger, peddle, pitch, pyramid, transact, vend |
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(verb) sell; "deal hashish" |
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Related Words: deal, sell, trade |
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(verb) distribute (cards) to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?" |
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Related Words: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, misdeal, parcel out, shell out |
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(verb) give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" |
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Related Words: give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over |
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(verb) 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" |
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Related Words: act, move |
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(verb) behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees" |
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Related Words: acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport |
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(satellite adjective) made of fir or pine; "a plain deal table" |
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(noun) the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car" |
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Related Words: fair deal, outcome, raw deal, result, square deal |
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(noun) a plank of softwood (fir or pine board) |
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Related Words: board, plank |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: care, handle, manage |
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Related Words: administer, administrate, carry on, carry out, come to grips, command, conduct, control, coordinate, deal, direct, dispose of, get to grips, juggle, mind, misconduct, mishandle, mismanage, organize, process, take care, touch |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: bargain |
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Related Words: agreement, understanding |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: hand |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, bridge hand, collection, poker hand |
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(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "it must have cost plenty" |
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Synonyms: 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 |
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Related Words: deluge, flood, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, torrent |
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(noun) wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) |
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Synonyms: softwood |
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Related Words: pulpwood, wood |
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(verb) consider, as of an example; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" |
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Synonyms: consider, look at, take |
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Related Words: abstract, contemplate, dally, play, think about, trifle, warm to |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
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Related Words: allot, apply, assign, deal, give, give, portion |
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(verb) direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" |
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Synonyms: carry on, carry out, conduct |
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Related Words: care, deal, handle, manage, officiate |
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(verb) give out as one's portion or share |
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Synonyms: apportion, divvy up, portion out, share |
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Related Words: distribute, give away, give out, hand out |
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(verb) deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization" |
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Synonyms: address, cover, handle, plow, treat, work |
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Related Words: broach, discourse, discuss, initiate, spiel, talk about |
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(verb) come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas." |
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Synonyms: contend, cope, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage |
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Related Words: act, cope with, cut, hack, match, meet, move, rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by |
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