deal1
  
  v.
 (past and past part. dealt)
     - distribute (cards) to players for a game or round. 
▸
(deal someone in)
 include a new player in a card game.
 - 
(deal something out)
 distribute or apportion something.
 - take part in commercial trading of a commodity. 
▸buy and sell (illegal drugs).
 ▸
(deal with)
 have commercial relations with.
 - 
(deal with)
 take measures concerning. 
▸cope with.
 ▸have as a subject.
 - inflict (a blow) on.
 
n.
  - an agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit. 
▸a particular form of treatment:
 working mothers get a bad deal.
 - the process of dealing cards in a card game.
 
 
  Phrase
  
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE dælan ‘divide, participate’ of Gmc origin; rel. to dole1.
 
  
    
deal2
  
  n.
 fir or pine wood as a building material.
 
  Etymology
  ME: from Mid. Low Ger. and MDu. dele ‘plank’.