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Dealing

noun

1.

Method or manner of conduct in relation to others.

2.

The act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities). Synonyms: dealings, transaction. "He has always been honest is his dealings with me"

Deal

verb

(past & past part. dealt; pres. part. dealing)

1.

Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression. Synonyms: address, cover, handle, plow, treat. "The course covered all of Western Civilization" , "The new book treats the history of China"

2.

Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes. Synonyms: consider, look at, take. "Consider the following case"

3.

Take action with respect to (someone or something). "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students"

4.

Come to terms with. Synonyms: contend, cope, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage. "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

5.

Administer or bestow, as in small portions. Synonyms: administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out. "Dole out some money" , "Shell out pocket money for the children" , "Deal a blow to someone" , "The machine dispenses soft drinks"

6.

Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood. Synonyms: sell, trade. "The brothers sell shoes"

7.

Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of. Synonyms: care, handle, manage. "This blender can't handle nuts" , "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"

8.

Behave in a certain way towards others.

9.

Distribute cards to the players in a game.

10.

Direct the course of; manage or control. Synonyms: carry on, conduct.

11.

Give out as one's portion or share. Synonyms: apportion, divvy up, portion out, share.

12.

Give (a specific card) to a player.

13.

Sell.

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"Dealing" Quotes from Famous Books

... of life generally gives me a strong impulse in favour of Determinism; that is to say, the system which considers the histories of nations, the lives of individuals, their very deeds and words, to be all part of a vast unalterable design: and whose dealing with the past, with each event, indeed, as it occurs, is thus nothing but interpretation, an earnest endeavour to exclude regret or disappointment, and to see how best to link each fact in our past on with ...

— Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge • Arthur Christopher Benson

... distinctive sense of munificent? 4. What does munificent tell of the motive or spirit of the giver? What does generous tell? 5. How does disinterested compare with generous? 6. What is the distinctive meaning of magnanimous? How does it differ from generous as regards dealing ...

— English Synonyms and Antonyms - With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions • James Champlin Fernald

... was more loud than ever, and though I could not distinguish a word he said, I could in some way recognize in his tones some passionate entreaty on his part. Then there was the sound of a struggle, and I knew that the attendants were dealing with him. I was so frightened that I crept into bed, and pulled the clothes over my head, putting my fingers in my ears. I was not then a bit sleepy, at least so I thought, but I must have fallen asleep, for except ...

— Dracula • Bram Stoker

... King looks at first like a pleasant absurdity; it is in reality valuable as a short history of the ostrich method of dealing with realities. The beggar, of course, continues to cry aloud after his tongue, and even his head, have been removed, because there are so many millions of him. Again and again, in the course of history, he ...

— The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays • Various

... political work (for which at first he entertained so great a dislike) I say perhaps enough in dealing with what may be called Punch's Big Drum—the weekly cartoon. Taken together, those designs might be held to represent a life's good work; yet they represent but a fraction of what he executed during his seven-and-twenty years' hard labour. If after a close study ...

— The History of "Punch" • M. H. Spielmann

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