deal

1. noun

completion of the deal

Syn:

agreement, understanding, pact, bargain, covenant, contract, treaty; arrangement, compromise, settlement; terms; transaction, sale, account; Law indenture

2. verb

1)

how to deal with difficult children

Syn:

cope with, handle, manage, treat, take care of, take charge of, take in hand, sort out, tackle, take on; control; act toward, behave toward

2)

the article deals with advances in chemistry

Syn:

concern, be about, have to do with, discuss, consider, cover, pertain to; tackle, study, explore, investigate, examine, review, analyze

3)

the company deals in high-tech goods

Syn:

trade in, buy and sell; sell, purvey, supply, stock, market, merchandise; traffic, smuggle; informal push, flog

4)

the cards were dealt

Syn:

distribute, give out, share out, divide out, hand out, pass out, pass around, dole out, dispense, allocate; informal divvy up

5)

the court dealt a blow to government reforms

Syn:

deliver, administer, dispense, inflict, give, impose; aim

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- a good deal

- a great deal