noun
(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
verb
(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
(transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
(transitive) : To take action with regard to someone or something.
(ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
(transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
(baseball) To pitch.
(intransitive) To have dealings or business.
(intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
(obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
(intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
(ambitransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
(intransitive) To be concerned with.
(intransitive, with “with”) To handle, to manage, to cope.
noun
(archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing out.
(card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
(in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
(informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
(slang, of a person) A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.
noun
(uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
(countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
(countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.
adjective
Made of deal.