Englishdeal
noun
it may be some weeks before completion of the deal:
agreement, understanding, pact, compact, bargain, covenant, contract, treaty, protocol, concordat, entente, accord, arrangement, accommodation, compromise, settlement, negotiation;
terms;
transaction, sale;
Business account;
Law indenture;
rare engagement.
□ a great deal (also a good deal)
the team have achieved a great deal |
she is under a good deal of pressure:
a lot, a great amount, a large amount, a fair amount, much, plenty;
informal lots, loads, heaps, bags, masses, piles, stacks, tons;
British, informal a shedload;
vulgar slang a shitload;
North American, vulgar slang an assload.
▷antonyms very little.
verb
1 they got advice on how to deal with difficult children:
cope with, handle, manage, attend to, see to, take care of, take charge of, take in hand, sort out, tackle, take on;
control, master, influence, manipulate.
2 the article deals with recent advances in chemistry:
concern, be about, be concerned with, concern itself with, have to do with, discuss, consider, cover, treat of, pertain to, appertain to;
tackle, study, explore, investigate, examine, go into, review, analyze, weigh up;
archaic regard.
3 the security forces deal firmly with demonstrators:
treat, handle, serve, use;
act toward, behave toward, conduct oneself toward.
4 the company deals in high-tech goods:
trade in, buy and sell, be concerned with trading, be engaged in trading, do business in;
sell, vend, purvey, supply, stock, offer, offer for sale, have for sale, peddle, market, merchandise;
traffic in, smuggle, run, rustle;
informal push;
British, informal flog.