noun

• (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
  "We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king."
• (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
  "There is a vast deal of difference in memories, as well as in every thing else, and therefore you should make allowance for your cousin, and pity her deficiency."

verb

• (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
  "The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory."
• (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
  ""Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to deal the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?""
• (transitive) : To take action with regard to someone or something.
• (ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
  "I was dealt four aces."

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.
  "I didn’t have a good deal all evening."
• (in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
  "You also have to look at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade up to the kind of property you are looking for."
• (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
  "What's the deal here?"

noun

• (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
  "1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 86, Some Houses were […] entirely lock’d up, the Doors padlockt, the Windows and Doors having Deal Boards nail’d over them,"
• (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.
  "It shall not be lawful for any person to land any timber, planks or board, deals, staves, tar, pitch, turpentine, rozin or other the commodities aforesaid, on any part of the present quays within the city of Bristol, from any vessel coming into the said port..."