to deal
- verb
- /diːl/
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- We know you're dealing in drugs.
- deal in drugs
Merley, were you dealing drugs at a young age?
- Merley, were you dealing drugs at a young age?
- Now, you know, dealing in, you know, dealing some drugs.
Examples
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We deal in lead, friend.
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Peru's rules on holding and dealing in foreign exchange changed frequently during the 1980s.
Academic text (1991) -
If you want to get to India fast, you deal with Air India.
Fiction book (1993) -
A sugar daddy is dealing drugs.
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At least I kept a roof over our heads, dealing in items I would rather not discuss.
Fiction book (1990) -
They accept the US dollar and they don't deal in change, just paper.
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We stand up for TN in court; we help TN buy, deal, and borrow.
Fiction book (1994) -
But McGraw-Hill and Time Life don't have to deal in fake manuscripts.
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With India, however, we are dealing mainly with yam-rich monsoon forest, not rainforest.
Academic text (1993) -
The police arrested him for dealing illegal substances in the neighborhood.
Synonyms
To give something to someone for money
To buy and sell goods or services as a business
To buy stolen goods and sell them to other people
To buy or sell illegal goods
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Put someone into a difficult situation they cannot control because of bad luck
- Informal
To put someone into a bad or difficult situation because of bad luck
Phrasal Verbs
- Slang
To respond to or handle people who say mean things about you, often online
Compounds
An agreement between companies or people to exchange goods and services for money
A set of government programs in the 1930s in the United States to fight the Great Depression
A series of government reforms and programs in the United States from 1933 to 1940 under President Roosevelt
- Literature
An agreement that gives one side unfair advantages because of favoritism or secret deals
A large government program of reforms and public spending based on 1930s United States policies
- Specialized
An agreement to accept goods instead of money as payment for exports
How Organized
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Surface Forms
Etymology
To deal (in goods) comes from the same old idea of arranging or giving out parts, from dǣlan 'to divide', and led to the modern sense of trading. That's why a dealer is someone who buys and sells items.