dealing

[ dee-ling ]

/ ˈdi lɪŋ /

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noun

Usually dealings. relations; business: frequent dealings; commercial dealings.

conduct in relations to others; treatment: honest dealing.

Origin of dealing

First recorded in 1250–1300, dealing is from the Middle English word deling. See deal¹, -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM dealing

pre·deal·ing, noun un·der·deal·ing, noun

Words nearby dealing

dealcoholize, dealer, dealer's choice, dealership, dealfish, dealing, dealing box, dealings, dealmaker, dealt, deambulatory

Definition for dealing (2 of 2)

deal ¹

[ deel ]

/ dil /

verb (used without object), dealt, deal·ing.

to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.

to take action with respect to a thing or person (followed by with): Law courts must deal with lawbreakers.

to conduct oneself toward persons: He deals fairly.

to be able to handle competently or successfully; cope (followed by with): I can't deal with your personal problems.

to trade or do business (followed by with or in): to deal with a firm; to deal in used cars.

to distribute, especially the cards in a game (often followed by out): to deal out five hands of six cards each; your turn to deal.

Slang. to buy and sell drugs illegally.

Archaic. to have dealings or commerce, often in a secret or underhand manner (often followed by with): to deal with the Devil.

verb (used with object), dealt, deal·ing.

to give to one as a share; apportion: Deal me in.

to distribute among a number of recipients, as the cards required in a game: Deal five cards to each player.

Cards. to give a player (a specific card) in dealing: You dealt yourself four aces.

to deliver; administer: to deal a blow.

Slang. to buy and sell (drugs) illegally.

Slang. to trade (an athlete) to another team.

noun

a business transaction: They closed the deal after a week of negotiating.

a bargain or arrangement for mutual advantage: the best deal in town.

a secret or underhand agreement or bargain: His supporters worked a number of deals to help his campaign.

Informal. treatment received in dealing with another: He got a raw deal.

an indefinite but large quantity, amount, extent, or degree (usually preceded by good or great): a good deal of work; a great deal of money.

Cards.

the distribution of cards to the players in a game.
the set of cards in one's hand.
the turn of a player to deal.
the period of time during which a deal is played.

an act of dealing or distributing.

(initial capital letter) an economic and social policy pursued by a political administration: the Fair Deal; the New Deal.

Obsolete. portion; share.

Verb Phrases

deal off,

Poker. to deal the final hand of a game.
Slang. to get rid of or trade (something or someone) in a transaction.

Origin of deal

before 900; (v.) Middle English delen, Old English dǣlan (cognate with German teilen), derivative of dǣl part (cognate with German Teil); (noun) in part derivative of the v.; (in defs 19, 23) Middle English deel, del(e), Old English dǣl

SYNONYMS FOR deal

3 act, behave.

5 traffic.

10 allot, assign, dole; mete, dispense.

16 pact, contract.

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Example sentences from the Web for dealing

One topic that comes up among the members, she says, is dealing with loss years later.

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I think part of being in the public eye is getting recognized, and dealing with positive and negative scrutiny.

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According to the young man, both were dealing with the aftermath.

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“We are dealing with a systematic failure in the Cleveland Police Department,” DeWine concluded.

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It seems to me that we are dealing with more than bottom-line economics and bottom-squeezing ergonomics.

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Man is far superior in dealing with numbers and also with tools and mechanical things.

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An incident, illustrative of his summary methods of dealing with the insolence of his enemies in authority, occurred at Pensacola.

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Doctors, as well as other people, were plainer-spoken in those days, especially in dealing with the poor.

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He treated all these people with that patient tolerance which belongs to the mariner when dealing with landsmen.

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And the Countess had to surrender, with an implication that it was the only course open in dealing with a lunatic.

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British Dictionary definitions for dealing (1 of 3)

Deal

/ (diːl) /

noun

a town in SE England, in Kent, on the English Channel: two 16th-century castles: tourism, light industries. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)

British Dictionary definitions for dealing (2 of 3)

deal ¹

/ (diːl) /

verb deals, dealing or dealt (dɛlt)

(intr foll by in) to engage (in) commercially to deal in upholstery

(often foll by out) to apportion (something, such as cards) to a number of people; distribute

(tr) to give (a blow) to (someone); inflict

(intr) slang to sell any illegal drug

noun

informal a bargain, transaction, or agreement

a particular type of treatment received, esp as the result of an agreement a fair deal

an indefinite amount, extent, or degree (esp in the phrases good or great deal)

cards

the process of distributing the cards
a player's turn to do this
a single round in a card game

See big deal

cut a deal informal, mainly US to come to an arrangement; make a deal See also deal with

the real deal informal a person or thing seen as being authentic and not inferior in any way

Word Origin for deal

Old English dǣlan, from dǣl a part; compare Old High German teil a part, Old Norse deild a share

British Dictionary definitions for dealing (3 of 3)

deal ²

/ (diːl) /

noun

a plank of softwood timber, such as fir or pine, or such planks collectively

the sawn wood of various coniferous trees, such as that from the Scots pine (red deal) or from the Norway Spruce (white deal)

adjective

of fir or pine

Word Origin for deal

C14: from Middle Low German dele plank; see thill

Idioms and Phrases with dealing

deal

In addition to the idioms beginning with deal

deal in
deal out
deal with

also see:

big deal
close the sale (deal)
cut a deal
done deal
good deal
make a federal case (big deal)
no deal
raw deal
square deal
sweeten the kitty (deal)
wheel and deal

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verb (used without object), dealt, deal·ing.

verb (used with object), dealt, deal·ing.

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verb (used without object), dealt, deal·ing.

verb (used with object), dealt, deal·ing.

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verb deals, dealing or dealt (dɛlt)

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