Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Transactions or relations with others, usually in business.
- noun Method or manner of conduct in relation to others; treatment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Practice; doings; conduct; behavior.
- noun Conduct in relation to others; treatment: as, the dealings of a father with his children; God's dealings with men: usually in the plural.
- noun Intercourse in buying and selling; traffic; business: as, New York merchants have extensive dealings with all the world.
- noun Intercourse of business or friendship; communication.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction.
- noun insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity.
- noun fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
deal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
- noun method or manner of conduct in relation to others
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Examples
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The eight foundation cards, as they appear in the deal (whether they fall on the corner or on the side packets), are to be at once played in the space reserved for them, and on these may be played any suitable cards which in dealing fall _on either of the four corner packets_; but when a card (otherwise suitable) falls on either of the _side packets_, it may not be played unless the foundation to which it belongs happens to be the one _immediately adjoining the side packet on which that card fell in dealing_.
Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games Adelaide Cadogan
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Maybe you can give me a phrase dealing somehow with percentage.
Mike Ragogna: Smile: An Interview with Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Plus Chatting with Andy Warhol Siren Ultra Violet and Boyz II Men Exclusive Clips Mike Ragogna 2011
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Maybe you can give me a phrase dealing somehow with percentage.
Mike Ragogna: Smile: An Interview with Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Plus Chatting with Andy Warhol Siren Ultra Violet and Boyz II Men Exclusive Clips Mike Ragogna 2011
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Evil times will not bear plain dealing, that is evil men will not; and the men the prophet here speaks of had reason to think themselves evil men indeed, when wise and good men thought it in vain to speak to them and were afraid of having any thing to do with them.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Folks, "fascist" is a term dealing with the far right.
unknown title 2009
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Folks, "fascist" is a term dealing with the far right.
unknown title 2009
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It might be the new language in dealing with the violent, fascist Republicans.
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Pretty straightforward, just try to apply the stuff he said and the attitude he put forth in dealing with other people.
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I'm sure it was exhausting, took unbelieveable work hours, and was extremely frustrating in dealing with lying, obstructionist Republicans.
White House's top health care spokeswoman resigning post 2010
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It is the abuse of the filibuster that has been the issue here and that repugs have no integrity, no honesty in dealing, no sense of fairness or justice — there should be some way to preserve the filibuster in order for the minority to be heard, but something must be done to prevent the abuses of the repugs.
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