Deal Definition
- a very important or impressive person or thing
- an exclamation of mock wonderment, admiration, joy, etc.
- to arrange, settle, or conclude a transaction
- to attach extreme importance to; make a big fuss about
- someone or something regarded as genuine, valid, of superior quality, etc.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Deal
- big deal
- do a deal
- make a big deal out of
- the real deal
Origin of Deal
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From Middle English dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhAil- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Scots dele (“part, portion”), West Frisian diel (“part, share”), Dutch deel (“part, share, portion”), German Teil (“part, portion, section”), Danish del (“part”), Icelandic deila (“division, contention”), Gothic (dails, “portion”). Related to Old English dāl (“portion”). More at dole.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian делить (delitʹ).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English delen from Old English dǣlan to divide, share dail- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English dele from Middle Dutch Middle Low German dele plank
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle Low German dele, cognate with Old English þille.
From Wiktionary
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