deal : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb to a very great degree or extent
  very much; a lot; lots; a good deal; much.
  
  • I feel a lot better
  • we enjoyed ourselves very much
  • she was very much interested
  • this would help a great deal

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• adverb to a very great degree or extent
  very much; a lot; lots; a good deal; much.
  
  • I feel a lot better
  • we enjoyed ourselves very much
  • she was very much interested
  • this would help a great deal
• adverb frequently or in great quantities
  much; often.
  
  • I don't drink much
  • I don't travel much

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• noun a deal to provide military arms
  

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• noun an important influential person
  big cheese; big gun; big fish; big shot; big wheel; head honcho; big enchilada.
  
  • he thinks he's a big shot
  • she's a big deal in local politics
  • the Qaeda commander is a very big fish
• noun anything of great importance or consequence
  

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• noun a particular instance of buying or selling
  deal; trade.
  
  • it was a package deal
  • I had no further trade with him
  • he's a master of the business deal

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• verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
  dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; mete out; shell out.
  
  • 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

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• a fir tree.

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• adjective satellite given out in portions
  parceled out; apportioned; doled out; meted out.
  

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• insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity.

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• noun acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
  duplicity.
  
• adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
  two-faced; duplicitous; deceitful; double-faced; Janus-faced; ambidextrous; double-tongued.
  
  • she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
  • a double-dealing double agent
  • a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray

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• noun fair treatment
  fair deal.
  

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• noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  plenty; pot; sight; flock; mint; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
  
  • 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

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• noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  plenty; pot; sight; flock; mint; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
  
  • 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

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• not a bit. Obs. Chaucer.

Webster 1913

• noun the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt
  
• noun the historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented
  
• noun a reapportioning of something
  

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• fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion.

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Plain"-deal`ing adjective

Definitions

1. Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, under Dealing. Shak.

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• noun unfair treatment
  

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• noun fair treatment
  fair deal.
  

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• to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well by servants. "Such an one deals not fairly by his own mind." Locke.

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• . (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.

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• to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. Brokers' cant

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• . (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.

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