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Definition: Deal |
DealAdjective1. Made of fir or pine; "a plain deal table". Noun1. 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". 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". 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". 4. A plank of softwood (fir or pine board). 5. Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir). 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". 7. The type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car". 8. (card game) 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". Verb1. 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". 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. Consider, as of an example; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case". 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". 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". 6. Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes". 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". 8. Behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees". 9. Distribute (cards) to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?". 10. : direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this". 11. : give out as one's portion or share. 12. : give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades". 13. : sell; "deal hashish". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Deal \Deal\ (d[=e]l), noun. [Old English del, deel, part, Anglo-Saxon d[=ae]l; akin to Old Saxon d[=e]l, Dutch & Danish deel, German theil, teil, Icelandic deild, Swedish del, Gothic dails. Compare to 3d Dole.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | A verbal(or electronic)transaction involving one party buying a security from another party. Once a trade is consummated, it is considered "done" or final. Settlement occurs 1-5 business days later. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A piece of square-sawn softwood timber, roughly of plank thickness but generally less wide, its specific cross-section limits varying according to country. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A timber with minimum thickness 45 mm and minimum width 140 mm. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Deal A portion. "A tenth deal of flour." (Exodus xxix. 40.) (German, theil; Anglo-Saxon, dael verb, daelan, to share; Irish, dail; English, dole.) To deal the cards is to give each his dole or portion. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Deal is a town in Kent, England. It lies on the English Channel eight miles from Dover.The town lies at the site where Julius Caesar first arrived in Britain, and was named as one of the Cinque Ports in 1278. Its finest building is the Tudor Deal Castle, commissioned by Henry VIII and designed with an attractive rose floor plan.
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Deal$ is very popular midwest and southeast United Sates dollar store. They were acquired by Save-A-Lot in 2002. Deal$ stores are unique for two reasons;
Although there are over 100 Deal$ stores accross many US States, most of them are located in Missouri, mostly in and around Saint Louis, Missouri. Deal$ was voted the best dollar store inside Saint Louis in 2003.
- Besides offering close out, manufacturer iregulars, and discontinued products Deal$ also has its own line of cheap Deal$ branded small electronic goods, consumables, and tools. They also offer Save-A-Lot "exclusive label" branded foods and day-old bread from Save-A-Lot stores.
- Many Deal$ stores are physically located inside of Save-A-Lot stores in a format known as the Hybird Store.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Deal dollar store."
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Deal is a borough located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 1,070.Geography
Deal is located at 40°14'52" North, 73°59'50" West (40.247866, -73.997328)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 3.3 km² (1.3 mi²). 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 6.20% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,070 people, 434 households, and 289 families residing in the borough. The population density is 338.6/km² (880.5/mi²). There are 953 housing units at an average density of 301.6/km² (784.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 94.39% White, 1.21% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.71% from other races, and 1.31% from two or more races. 5.05% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 434 households out of which 19.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% are married couples living together, 7.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% are non-families. 29.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.46 and the average family size is 3.02. In the borough the population is spread out with 20.5% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 26.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 45 years. For every 100 females there are 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.7 males. The median income for a household in the borough is $58,472, and the median income for a family is $65,313. Males have a median income of $57,857 versus $27,813 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $38,510. 11.2% of the population and 7.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 14.0% are under the age of 18 and 6.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Deal, New Jersey."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
deal | English | Decision evaluation and logic | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: DealSynonyms: bargain (n), batch (n), business deal (n), flock (n), good deal (n), great deal (n), hand (n), hatful (n), heap (n), lot (n), mass (n), mess (n), mickle (n), mint (n), muckle (n), peck (n), pile (n), plenty (n), pot (n), quite a little (n), raft (n), sight (n), slew (n), softwood (n), spate (n), stack (n), tidy sum (n), trade (n), wad (n), whole lot (n), whole slew (n), address (v), administer (v), allot (v), apportion (v), care (v), carry on (v), conduct (v), consider (v), contend (v), cope (v), cover (v), deal out (v), dish out (v), dispense (v), distribute (v), divvy up (v), dole out (v), get by (v), grapple (v), handle (v), look at (v), make do (v), make out (v), manage (v), mete out (v), parcel out (v), plow (v), portion out (v), sell (v), share (v), shell out (v), take (v), treat (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Apportionment | Verb: apportion, divide; distribute, administer, dispense; billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete; portion out, parcel out, dole out; deal, carve. |
Noun: apportionment, allotment, consignment, assignment, appointment; appropriation; dispensation, distribution; division, deal; partition; administration. | |
Arrangement | Verb: reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally. arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion. |
Compact | Noun: compact, contract, agreement, bargain; affidation; pact, paction; bond, covenant, indenture; bundobast, deal. |
Greatness | Great quan quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world; mass, heap; (assemblage); stock; (store); peck, bushel, load, cargo; cartload, wagonload, shipload; flood, spring tide; abundance; (sufficiency). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, I say it with a great deal of charm (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Have we an internal sequin issue to deal with, Benjamin (Benny and Joon ; writing credit: Barry Berman) I know you have to deal with them at the same time, but I just dont know why they have to happen at the same time (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) I think you'll find that things have changed a great deal since your time (Alien: Resurrection; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett) Walter, ya know, its Smokey, so his foot slipped over the line a little, big deal. (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) | |
Lyrics | You wheel and deal (Wall Street Shuffle; performing artist: 10CC) You're only human, you're gonna have to deal with heartache (You're Only Human (Second Wind); performing artist: Billy Joel) I've just made myself a deal (Everyday; performing artist: Bon Jovi) I got a deal for you right here (HUMAN TOUCH; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) Ain't no groupie deal (Hey Ma; performing artist: Cam'ron) | |
Clever | My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. (references; author: Mark Twain) There are too many mediocre things to deal with. Love shouldn't be one of them. (references; author: unknown) The biggest liar you'll ever have to deal with probably watches you shave his face in the mirror every morning. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | How to Deal (2003) Tina Makes a Deal (1974) Dana Can Deal (1974) Shut Up and Deal (1969) I Deal In Danger (1966) | |
Song Titles | Big Deal (performing artist: LeAnn Rimes) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Many lives are being saved by this ambulance specially equipped to deal with severe heart attack cases ... / WHO/Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Workers preparing to deal with a hazardous situation. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | USS Birmingham (CL-62), at left, and a destroyer pull away from USS Princeton (CVL-23) following the big explosion that destroyed the carrier's stern at about 1523 hrs. on 24 October 1944. This blast killed over two hundred men aboard Birmingham, which was alongside Princeton fighting fires. Note the light smoke over Birmingham's midships and stern areas. Princeton's stern, and a good deal of her after superstructure, has been blown off. Credit: NAVY. |  | Departing the shipyard of her builder, Federal Shipbuilding Company, Kearny, New Jersey, for official trials, 18 December 1918. USS Piave was wrecked near Deal, England, on 29 January 1919. She was stricken from the Navy list on 4 February 1919. Credit: NAVY. |
 | An experienced performer : Ring-master Platt--Now Chauncey, have you ever had any experience with an elephant before, sir? Clown-- No, sir, but I had a great deal of experience with a mule once. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "We deal in one plain commodity -- the facts the people of this country need to win the war". Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fair Deal Administration: I who have done my best to prove a worthy successor to the spending achievements of my late friend Roosevelt, do will thee debt without end. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A "cold deal" for the country--President McKinley chisels the head of the cabinet out of block of ice. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Talmadge sees end of "New Deal". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sign in front of citrus grove, San Juan, Texas. There is a great deal of absentee ownership in the Rio Grande Valley. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Jimmie's Cut Rate" by Greg Schmigel Commentary: "Jimmie's Cut Rate...can't find a better deal on a bottle whiskey. See more of my works at <a href=" http://www.27cm.com\" class=red target="_blank"> www.27cm.com</a>." |
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 | Ante; plastic; clink; pile; piling; accumulation; aggregate; aggregation; amassment; assemblage; bank; barrel; buildup; chunk; collection; conglomeration; gob; great deal; hill; hoard; hunk; jumble; lump; mass; mound; oodles; pack; peck; pyramid; quantity. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. |
Jean De La Bruyere | Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed. |
John Ruskin | Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. |
Miguel De Cervantes | Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse. |
Nathaniel Hawthorne | Death possesses a great deal of real estate, namely the graveyard in every town. |
Oscar Wilde | Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all. |
Richard Pryor | Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings and lawyers. |
Samuel Johnson | He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything. |
Sydney Smith | A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Council may deal at its meetings with any matter within the sphere of action of the League or affecting the peace of the world. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | I have lived a great deal among grown-ups |
Emma | Austen, Jane | His rank in society I would alter if I could, which is saying a great deal I assure you, Emma |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | A deal of money gets wasted that way. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | It opened before them, and disclosed a long, bare, melancholy room, made barer still by lines of plain deal forms and desks |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | And have a great deal to pay. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | So deal with him as I prove true to you. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | You get twenty on that last deal. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | However, I desired Glumdaclitch to let me deal with it alone |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Autism varies a great deal in severity. (references) | |
You can learn how others deal with their fatigue. (references) | ||
In a sense, you are helping others deal with your illness. (references) | ||
Business | European companies routinely deal on this basis. (references) | |
Twelve companies deal with refrigeration equipment. (references) | ||
Incinerators can deal with a wide range of clinical waste. (references) | ||
Children | El Salvador | The PNC incorporated PDDH human rights training into programs for police units that deal with juveniles. (references) |
South Africa | The 33 SAPS Child Protection Units lack the capacity to deal adequately with the problem of child prostitution. (references) | |
Brunei | Teachers still must be trained to deal with children with disabilities, and some such children have no educational opportunities. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Yemen | Publishers usually do not deal with an author who has not yet obtained a permit. (references) |
Cameroon | The newspaper and the taxation office reportedly were negotiating a deal at year's end. (references) | |
South Africa | This bill was the subject of a great deal of domestic and foreign media scrutiny and criticism. (references) | |
Economic History | Bahrain | Other amendments deal with offshore companies. (references) |
Qatar | They should deal directly through a Qatari citizen or firm as agent. (references) | |
Australia | Some Australian importers prefer to deal directly with manufacturers. (references) | |
Human Rights | Vanuatu | Magistrates' courts deal with most routine legal matters. (references) |
Zimbabwe | Military courts deal with disciplinary or court-martial proceedings. (references) | |
Hungary | The lack of a bail system gives a great deal of flexibility to judges. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | The Land Commission that is to deal with land disputes between tribals and Bengali settlers does not yet function effectively in addressing critical land disputes. (references) |
Minorities | Hungary | Ethnicity and poverty both are problems that the Roma must deal with. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | The country's Islamic communities are subject to a great deal of societal discrimination. (references) | |
Political Economy | Kyrgyz Republic | Both the MVD and the SNB deal with corruption and organized crime. (references) |
MALAYSIA | The measures deal with local content requirements in the automotive sector. (references) | |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | The deal involved a combination of buy-back schemes and U.S. Treasury-backed rescheduling. (references) | |
Political Rights | Turkmenistan | In 1998 President Niyazov called for local councils and village leaders to have greater power and authority to deal with local issues; however, in practice even local leaders were selected and dismissed by the President and were reluctant to make decisions without his approval. (references) |
Norway | Under the law establishing the 39-seat body, the Sameting is a consultative group, which meets regularly to deal with "all matters, which in [its] opinion are of special importance to the Sami people." In practice the Sameting has been most interested in protecting the group's language and cultural rights and in influencing decisions on resources and lands where Sami are a majority. (references) | |
Trade | Burma | Private banks are not permitted to deal in foreign exchange. (references) |
Travel | France | One could pay less or a great deal more than this $234 amount. (references) |
Egypt | A good Egyptian agent will help you a great deal in directing you to success. (references) | |
Argentina | Courtesy is very important, and efforts to rush a business deal are unlikely to met with success. (references) | |
Women | Syria | The Syrian Family Planning Association also attempts to deal with this problem. (references) |
Latvia | The Ministry of Welfare has established a one-person office to deal with gender problems. (references) | |
Switzerland | However, some cantonal or district police forces have specially trained units to deal with violence against women. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Luxembourg | No local NGO's deal with the problem. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Several NGO's deal with the problems of trafficking in women and prostitution. (references) | |
Netherlands | A number of police forces have established special units to deal with trafficking. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Sharpton | The one thing I would do is make sure that household heads can make a decent living. We must deal with training and job development. Many people must have the underpinnings to be able to feed a family to keep a family together. |
Alexander Benedetto | This is Plant testifying in a preliminary hearing. This seals the deal for them in order to hold us longer to even get to go to a trial. If this had happened in the United States it never would have even ever gone to trial. |
James Dobson | Of course. Of course. And this is why, you know, I spend as much time as I do talking about our social responsibilities. I want to help parents raise their kids. I want to deal with marriage and other aspects of family life. |
Michael J. Fox | Just get away from it and not look at it and not deal with it. That's when I realized it was something I wanted to stop doing. |
Richard Armey | In this Congress probably this summer, I would hope by July. It's been very difficult to deal with the language of the Supreme Court decision. |
Robert Novak | There's been a great deal of opposition in the North Carolina legislature over a plan by the University of North Carolina to require reading of a book about the Koran for incoming freshman. |
Rosie O'Donnell | I didn't get to go down there. I felt like I would not be able to, you know, be all right. Everyone has to deal with it in the way that they deal with it. For me, I didn't think I would be able to physically see it. |
Rush Limbaugh | Provisions were put in place to deal with slavery! |
Tom Ridge | Well, I hope I get a chance to come out here. I have had the opportunity to deal and talk to some of the folks involved in the planning. And if my schedule permits and I get a little personal time, maybe I'll get a chance to see out here. |
Trisha Meili | You know, seeing myself have difficulty with things, primarily on the cognitive side. The physical side I was not able to accept and say, all right, so what, you know, I have a little bit of problem walking down stairs, and it's OK, I can deal with it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | The country having just emerged from a great rebellion, many questions will come before it for settlement in the next four years which preceding Administrations have never had to deal with. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | While we can look with a great deal of pleasure upon what we have done abroad, we must remember that our continued success in that direction depends upon what we do at home. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | In the present period of transition we must deal with such temporary unemployment as results from the fact that demobilization will proceed faster than reconversion or industrial expansion. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | That, and patience-and I mean a great deal of patience. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Accordingly, I have directed a long-term effort to improve our worldwide capabilities to deal with regional crises. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | If all of this seems like a great deal of trouble, think what's at stake. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I'd like to talk about a couple of other issues we have to deal with. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Deal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 54.26% of the time. "Deal" is used about 13,287 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 54.26% | 7,209 | 1,344 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 40.35% | 5,361 | 1,824 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.32% | 707 | 9,466 |
| Pronoun (indefinite) | 0.05% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13,287 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "deal" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Deal | Last name | 9,000 | 1,434 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Deal, NJ (borough, FIPS 16660) |
Expressions using "deal": a good deal ♦ a good deal of ♦ a great deal ♦ a great deal of ♦ a man easy to deal with ♦ a raw deal ♦ a square deal ♦ arms deal ♦ big deal ♦ broad deal ♦ business deal ♦ clinch a deal ♦ close a deal ♦ Club deal ♦ commercial deal ♦ concerted lending deal ♦ consumer deal ♦ cut a deal ♦ deal a blow at smb. ♦ deal by smb. ♦ deal fairly with smb. ♦ deal in ♦ deal in stolen goods ♦ deal in the marvelous ♦ Deal Island ♦ deal out ♦ deal price ♦ deal smb. a blow ♦ deal treacherously ♦ Deal tree ♦ deal wisely ♦ deal with ♦ deal with a problem ♦ deal with a subject ♦ deal with smb. ♦ deal with smth. ♦ deal with the prosecutor ♦ deal with thoroughly ♦ difficult to deal with ♦ don't make such a big deal out of it ♦ exchange deal ♦ fair deal ♦ firm deal ♦ forward deal ♦ get a raw deal ♦ get a very bad deal ♦ give a great deal of trouble ♦ give smb. a fair deal ♦ give smb. a square deal ♦ good deal ♦ great deal ♦ great deal better ♦ great deal of ♦ great deal of effort ♦ have a great deal to do ♦ have suffered a great deal ♦ it matters a good deal to me ♦ it's a deal ♦ it's a raw deal ♦ make a deal ♦ make a deal with ♦ make a deal with smb. ♦ make a great deal of ♦ make great deal ♦ never a deal ♦ new deal ♦ no big deal ♦ owe smb. a great deal ♦ package deal ♦ premium deal ♦ raw deal ♦ red deal ♦ red or yellow deal ♦ settlement deal ♦ square deal ♦ standard deal ♦ strike a deal ♦ swing the deal ♦ talk a great deal ♦ tenth deal ♦ time deal ♦ To deal by ♦ To deal in ♦ To deal in futures ♦ To deal with ♦ we have a good deal to do ♦ wheel and deal ♦ white deal ♦ yellow deal. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "deal": deal-framed, deal-less, deal-maker, deal-makers, deal-making, deal-sized. | |
Ending with "deal": big-deal, bought-deal, fair-deal, loan-deal, mega-deal, mid-deal, million-deal, no-big-deal, one-way-deal, package-deal, pre-deal, swap-deal, wheel-deal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hotel deal | 2,659 | airfare deal | 333 |
deal | 1,987 | last minute vacation deal | 308 |
travel deal | 1,717 | car deal | 295 |
vacation deal | 1,315 | holiday late deal | 240 |
deal on wheels | 1,118 | flight deal | 226 |
cruise deal | 1,077 | late deal | 223 |
cell phone deal | 931 | best deal | 218 |
last minute travel deal | 769 | las vegas package deal | 215 |
record deal | 765 | vegas deal | 199 |
las vegas deal | 708 | deal time.com | 193 |
last minute deal | 632 | best cell phone deal | 184 |
car rental deal | 590 | great deal | 183 |
cellular phone deal | 482 | best viagra deal | 175 |
new deal | 462 | credit card deal | 160 |
last minute cruise deal | 428 | slick deal | 158 |
hot deal | 421 | last minute hotel deal | 153 |
las vegas hotel deal | 383 | last minute flight deal | 150 |
computer deal | 371 | new car deal | 148 |
deal gap | 368 | movie deal | 138 |
airline deal | 335 | disney deal | 130 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "deal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | uitdeel (distribute), behandel (care for, cure, deal with, discuss, handle, treat). (various references) | |
Albanian | dërrasë bredhi ose prej pishe, dërrasë pishe ose bredhi të përmaseve, dru halor, mbaj proces, fyej (affront, aggrieve, damnify, desecrate, disoblige, displease, grieve, injure, insult, offend, outrage, pique, revile, trespass, vex, vituperate), godit (bash, beat, biff, buffet, bump, butt, clip, clout, conk, defeat, hit, impinge, instigate, joggle, jostle, knock, pound, shock, shove, slam, smite, stab, strike, tap, thrash, thwack, whack), jam klient, jam myshteri, kam punë me dikë, kursi qeverie, luftoj kundër, luftoj për (contest), bëj tregti (sell, trade), marrëveshje (accordance, agreement, arrangement, articles, bargain, bond, compact, composition, concert, concord, concordance, concordat, concurrence, consonance, contract, convention, covenant, dealings, entente, pact, settlement, stipulation, treaty, tune, undertaking), tregtoj (handle, trade, vend), ndaj letra, përdorim (application, consumption, currency, employment, exercise, exertion, exploitation, operation, reclamation, usage, use, using, utilization, wear, wear and tear, working), pjesë (allotment, block, Cantel, Cantle, component, contingent, divvy, helping, interest, kit, leg, length, limb, line, lot, part, partition, patch, piece, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, rate, scrap, section, segment, share, slice, snack, span), sasi e madhe (avalanche, bagful, bulk, heap, load, mint, ream, rout), shoqërohem (associate, consort, forgather, hobnob, join, mingle), shpërndaj (allocate, allot, apportion, bestrew, broadcast, clear, deliver, deploy, diffuse, disband, disembody, dish, dish out, dispel, dispense, disperse, disseminate, dissolve, distribute, diversify, give out, give rise to, hand out, intersperse, ladle, lay, lay out, mete, part, put out, scatter, share, shed, whiffle, wipe), shpërndarje (allocation, apportion, delivery, deployment, diaspora, diffusion, dismissal, dismission, dispensation, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, dissolution, distribution, division, layout, share out, spread, spreading), shqyrtoj një çështje, sillem me, sistem veprimesh, sjellje (bearing, behavior, behaviour, conduct, dealing, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, going on, goings on, line, manner, manners, posture), marr masa (guard, take measures, take steps). (various references) | |
Arabic | كمية (amount, magnitude, measure, number, quantity, size, volume), لوح من خشب, قدر (afford, amount, appraise, appreciate, assess, assume, be able to, be capable of, believe, can, consider, cost, count, degree, esteem, estimate, evaluate, guess, lot, magnitude, manage to, measure, number, predestination, predestine, predetermine, presume, prize, proportion, quantity, rate, size, suppose, think, treasure, value, volume), وزع (allocate, allot, apportion, cast, circulation, deal out, deliver, diffuse, disburse, dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, hand out, issue, ladle, parcel, part, portion, seed, serve out), تعامل (cooperation, dealing, transact, transaction), تاجر (commercialize, dealer, mercantile, merchandise, merchant, merchantman, sell, seller, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trade, trader, tradesman, traffic), عملية تجارية (bargain, package, transaction), عالج (address, cover, cure, debug, doctor, dose, fix, handle, heal, manage, medicine, pack, process, rectify, remedy, treat), صفقة (bargain, buy, cuff, package, purchase, transaction, turn), التوزيع (distribution), إتفاق (accord, community, compact, composition, concert, concord, concordance, oneness, pact, promise, settlement, term, treaty, understanding, unity), بحث في (search, treat), برنامخ حكومي ضخم. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вземам мерки (provide, take steps), доза (dosage, dose, potion), дял (allocation, allotment, concern, contingent, dos, interest, lobe, parcel, part, partition, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, sector, segment, share, slice, snack, value, whack), имам работа с (know), правя сделка, елов, елова дъска, заемам се (attempt, buckle, set out, start out, undertake, volunteer), дарувам, отношение (attitude, bearing, concern, contact, count, dealing, feeling, play, posture, proportion, ratio, reference, regard, relation, relationship, respect, sentiment, stance, treatment), уреждам (acquit, arrange, atone, compose, dispose of, fix up, ground, negotiate, organize, patch, patch up, pay, quit, regulate, set right, settle, sew up, tee up, work out, wrap, wrap up), количество (amount, measure, number, percentage, quantity, quantum, volume), купувам (book, bought, buy, cop, get, invest, pick up, purchase, trade), третиране (handling), търгувам (huckster, merchandise, trade), чамов (pine), раздаване на карти, разправям се (quarrel), сделка (bargain, go, swap, trade, transaction), нанасям (deliver, inflict, land, lay, plant). (various references) | |
Chinese | 成交 (Dealing, Dealt). (various references) | |
Czech | dohoda (accommodation, accord, agreement, arrangement, bargain, compact, concord, contract, settlement, stipulation, treaty), uštìdřit, transakce (dealings, operation, transaction), rozdìlovat (dispense, dole out, give out), rozdìlení (dismemberment, dispensation, distribution, partition, severance), rozdávání, obchodovat (trade, transact), obchod (business, commerce, market, shop, store, trade, traffic, transaction), jednat (act, discuss, parley, proceed, treat, use), èást (corner, end, episode, part, percentage, portion, section, segment, stretch, unit, whack). (various references) | |
Danish | deal (trade, transaction), træarter til møbelfabrikation, planke (batten, beam, panel, plank, stave, stud), handel (business, commerce, trade, transaction), forretning (trade, transaction), behandle (care for, cure, deal with, discuss, handle, treat). (various references) | |
Dutch | uitdelen (distribute), rondgeven (distribute), ronddelen (distribute). (various references) | |
Esperanto | disdoni (distribute), abia. (various references) | |
Faeroese | viðgera (deal with, handle, treat), tingast (deal with, handle, treat), handfara (deal with, handle, treat), fara við (deal with, handle, treat), býta út (distribute). ( |
