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deal

[deel] / dil /
NOUN
agreement, bargain
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accord arrangement compromise contract pact pledge transaction
STRONG
buy conception prearrangement understanding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
denial disagreement dissension refusal
WEAK
misunderstanding
NOUN
amount, share
Synonyms
STRONGEST
transaction
STRONG
abundance degree distribution extent plenty plethora portion quantity shake superabundance
Antonyms
STRONG
few lack little need scarcity want
WEAK
disagreement misunderstanding
NOUN
distribution of playing cards
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appointment game opportunity
STRONG
chance hand round
WEAK
cut and shuffle fresh start
Antonyms
WEAK
disagreement misunderstanding
VERB
do business
Synonyms
STRONGEST
handle negotiate sell trade
STRONG
bargain barter bicker dicker stock swap traffic treat
WEAK
buy and sell hammer out deal horse-trade knock down price work out deal
Antonyms
STRONG
agree
WEAK
deny hold keep refuse
VERB
distribute
Synonyms
STRONGEST
give participate
STRONG
administer allot apportion assign bestow deliver disburse dispense disperse disseminate divide divvy drop impart inflict measure partake partition render reward share strike
WEAK
come across with dish out dole out fork out fork over hand out mete out
Antonyms
STRONG
attach collect combine conceal gather hold join keep refuse retain take unite withhold
WEAK
deny

Example Sentences

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Iran and the US agreed to the conditional ceasefire on Tuesday, just over an hour before the expiry of the deadline Trump had set for Iran to make a deal.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Tom Holland, deputy global research director, at Hong Kong-headquartered fund management and research house Gavekal, expressed some skepticism around the peace deal.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Pakistan helped broker the cease-fire negotiations, and its prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said the cease-fire deal applied to fighting “everywhere including Lebanon.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management added that the deal "matters enormously for Asia", where several governments have been forced to introduce measures to combat rising energy costs.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“Whatever this letter is—and I think you and I both know—we are going to have to deal with it together.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin