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DEAL
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(A See also:common See also:Teutonic word for a See also:part or portion, cf
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Tell, and the Eng. variant " See also:dole "), a See also:division or part, obsolete except in such phrases as " a See also:great deal " or " a See also:good deal," where it equals quantity or See also:lot
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From the verb ". to deal," meaning primarily to See also:divide into parts, come such uses as for the giving out of See also:cards to the players in a See also:game, or for a business transaction
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(2) (Also a Teutonic word, meaning a See also:plank or See also:board, cf
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Diele, Dutch deel), strictly a See also:term in See also:carpentry and See also:joinery for a sawn plank, usually of See also:pine or See also:fir, 9 in. wide and 2 to 42 in. thick
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(See JOINERY.) The word is also used more loosely of the See also:timber from which such deals are cut, thus " See also: |
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