| • | A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity,
   degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a
   deal of cold. | 
											
															| • | The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the
   portion disturbed. | 
											
															| • | Distribution; apportionment. | 
											
															| • | An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of
   interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political
   bargains. | 
											
															| • | The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or
   plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches
   in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it
   is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end. | 
											
															| • | Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal. | 
											
															| • | To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in
   portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out. | 
											
															| • | Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the
   commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack. | 
											
															| • | To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards
   to the players. | 
											
															| • | To do a distributing or retailing business, as
   distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to
   trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour. | 
											
															| • | To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to
   manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with. | 
											
															| • | To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or
   towards any one; to treat. | 
											
															| • | To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition,
   check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with. |