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  1. transitive verb To give out as a share or portion; apportion.
  2. transitive verb To distribute among several recipients. See Synonyms at distribute.
  3. transitive verb To sell: deal prescriptions; deal cocaine.
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  • Ripplewood, acting through the holding company RHJ International, and BAIC had both expressed interest in Opel before the Magna deal was announced, but were eliminated following an examination of their offers. —  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News
  • And the deal is a sign of how much the media business is changing. —  Marketplace
  • The Cavs 'best bargaining chips to (as General Manager Danny Ferry put it)' 'be in the game' 'for a deal are the expiring $14 million contract of Ben Wallace and the contract of Sasha Pavlovic, much of which is not guaranteed.
  • This deal is an ideal option for all the users who do not want to spend heft amount on mobile communication. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • When the deal was announced on Nov. 24, Edmonton, Alberta-based Stantec said its proposed purchase price was 143 million Canadian dollars ($113 million), including assumed debt. —  IBTimes.com RSS Feed - Politics & Policy
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan, to divide, share; see dail- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English dele, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German dele, plank.

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  1. from Middle English deel, del, dæl, from Anglo-Saxon dǣl, mutated form (after the verb) of the reg. but less common dāl (whence Middle English dāl, dōl, English dole, q. v.) = OFries. del = Old Saxon dēl = Dutch deel = Middle Low German dēl, deil, Low German deel = Old High German Middle High German teil, German teil, theil = Icelandic deil-d, deil-dh = Swedish del = Danish del = Gothic (Moesogothic) dails, masculine, daila, feminine, a part, share, portion, = Old Bulgarian dielŭ, Bulgarian diel = Servian diyel = Bohemian dil = Polish dzial (barred l) = Russian diel, a part, also Old Bulgarian dola = Polish dola = Russian dolya, a part, portion, share, lot. Hence deal, v. Deal, n., in senses 3 and 4, is from the verb.
  2. from Middle English delen (preterit delde, delte, dalte, dulte), from Anglo-Saxon dǣlan = Old Saxon dēlian = OFries. dela = Dutch deelen = Middle Low German dēlen, deilen, Low German delen = Old High German teilan, teilen, Middle High German teilen, German teilen, theilen = Icelandic deila = Danish dele = Swedish dela = Gothic (Moesogothic) dailjan, divide, share (cf. Old Bulgarian deliti, divide); from the noun: see deal, n.
  3. from Middle Dutch dele, Dutch deel, a board, plank, threshing-floor, = Middle Low German dele, Low German dele, a board, plank, floor of a room, also, in form dale, a threshing-floor, = Old High German dil, dilo, Middle High German dil, dille, German diele, a board, plank, floor of boards, = Icelandic thilja = Danish tilje = Swedish tilja = Anglo-Saxon thel, a plank, thille, a board (cf. breda thiling, translating L. area, a threshing-floor) (cf. Slov. dila = Polish dyl = Little Russian dyle, a board, deal—prob. from Old High German), = Old Bulgarian tĩlo = Sanskrit tala, ground (cf. Latin tellus, the earth). The Anglo-Saxon word has suffered a similar restriction of meaning, being now English thill, the shaft or pole of a cart, etc. Thus deal is a doublet of thill: see thill. The word deal is usually identified with deal, a part, with the accommodated definition “the division of a piece of timber made by sawing.”
 

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