deal

v

1. distribute, dispense, mete out, allocate, allot, bestow, assign; apportion, share, divide, parcel out, dole out.

2.(usu. fol. by with or in) occupy oneself in, engaged in, practice, have to do with, have concern, concern; attend to, take care of, see to, reckon with.

3. trade, traffic, do business, buy and sell, exchange; bargain, barter, dicker, haggle, higgle, chaffer, palter; negotiate, arrange, come to terms.

4. deliver, administer, give, direct, cast, launch.

n

5. uncertain amount, quantity, lot, extent, degree.

6.Informal. a. business transaction, dealings, arrangement, negotiation; pact, contract, compact, agreement, concordat.b. bargain, price, Inf. buy.