26984 words

deals

15 definitions • 41 examples
1

Examples:

a business deal
make a deal The unions and management have made a two-year pay and productivity deal.
make a deal with I'll make a deal with you - you wash the car and I'll let you use it tonight.
do a deal with I think we might be able to do a deal with the local chief of police.
a good deal on She got a good deal (= paid a low price) on her new house.
get a raw deal Is industry getting a raw deal from (= being unfairly treated by) the EU?
get a rough deal They argued that customers in rural districts got a rough deal from the gas suppliers.
2

Examples:

She spends a good deal of her time in China.
3
the act of dealing (= sharing out) something, especially playing cards:

Examples:

It's your deal (= turn to deal).
4
the pale, soft wood of a pine or fir tree (= types of tree that do not lose their leaves), used for making furniture, etc.:

Examples:

The book cases were made of deal.
a deal table
5
to do business:

Examples:

deal with We only deal with companies which have a good credit record.
slang How long had she been dealing (= selling drugs) before she was arrested?
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to give or share out something, especially playing cards:

Examples:

Whose turn is it to deal?
Angie smiled as she dealt the cards.
deal out Would you like to deal out the cards?
[ + two objects ] Deal them five cards each./Deal five cards to each of them.
deal something out to someone We have only a small amount of food and clothing to deal out to each refugee.
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to cause someone or something, usually a plan or hope, to fail or to be affected very badly:

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8

Examples:

They bargained with each other but finally agreed to a deal.
She got a really good deal (= paid a low price) on her new car.
9
a large amount or very much:

Examples:

She used to talk a great deal about her childhood in Indiana.
10
a turn to give out playing cards:

Examples:

It’s your deal.
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to do business with or be involved with someone or something:

Examples:

[ I ] We only deal with companies that have a good credit record.
[ I ] They mainly deal in (= buy and sell) mutual funds.
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to give or give out something, esp. playing cards:

Examples:

[ I/T ] Whose turn is it to deal (the cards)?
[ T ] fig. Tonight’s defeat dealt a blow to (= damaged) her hopes of making it to the finals.
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an agreement or arrangement made between two people or companies:

Examples:

do/make a deal A spokeswoman for the agency said they would not give any further information until they are close to making a deal.
cut/strike a deal After several weeks of talks no deal has been struck.
close/seal a deal They anticipate closing the deal in 60 to 90 days, pending environmental and financial reviews.
back out of/pull out of a deal He suspected them of trying to back out of the deal.
Green only goes into business deals if he can see a way of turning a problem into a profit.
The President's team has been very active in pushing trade deals.
We did a great deal with our suppliers.
The proposed deal between the two companies had fallen through.
a £20 million/$14bn, etc. deal Stannard bought the company in a £20 million deal.
a deal to do sth This week the company concluded a deal to sell 313 of its stores.
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a good, or lower than usual, price:

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a good/excellent, etc. deal I got a good deal on my new phone contract.
a deal on sth The hotel also offers deals on the hire of bicycles.
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an agreement or arrangement that has been made and is now certain to happen:

Examples:

The takeover is far from a done deal.

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