| business deal | | |
| n. (act) | 1. business deal, deal, trade | a particular instance of buying or selling.; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal" |
| ~ transaction, dealing, dealings | the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities).; "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me" |
| ~ arms deal | a deal to provide military arms. |
| ~ penny ante | a business deal on a trivial scale. |
| deal | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. bargain, deal | an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each.; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" |
| ~ agreement, understanding | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises.; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" |
| n. (quantity) | 2. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" |
| ~ large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude. |
| ~ deluge, flood, inundation, torrent | an overwhelming number or amount.; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" |
| ~ haymow | a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation. |
| n. (substance) | 3. deal | a plank of softwood (fir or pine board). |
| ~ plank, board | a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes. |
| n. (substance) | 4. deal, softwood | wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir). |
| ~ wood | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. |
| ~ pulpwood | softwood used to make paper. |
| n. (group) | 5. deal, hand | the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time.; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ long suit | in a hand, the suit having the most cards. |
| ~ bridge hand | the cards held in a game of bridge. |
| ~ poker hand | the 5 cards held in a game of poker. |
| n. (event) | 6. deal | the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement).; "he got a good deal on his car" |
| ~ final result, outcome, resultant, result, termination | something that results.; "he listened for the results on the radio" |
| ~ fair deal, square deal | fair treatment. |
| ~ raw deal | unfair treatment. |
| n. (act) | 7. deal | the act of distributing playing cards.; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise" |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ distribution | the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning. |
| ~ misdeal | an incorrect deal. |
| n. (act) | 8. deal | the act of apportioning or distributing something.; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions" |
| ~ apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling, allocation, allotment, assignation | the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" |
| ~ new deal | a reapportioning of something. |
| v. (communication) | 9. address, cover, deal, handle, plow, treat | act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" |
| ~ broach, initiate | bring up a topic for discussion. |
| ~ theologise, theologize | treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character. |
| ~ discourse, discuss, talk about | to consider or examine in speech or writing.; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" |
| ~ do by, treat, handle | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
| ~ embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. consider, deal, look at, take | take into consideration for exemplifying purposes.; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" |
| ~ contemplate | consider as a possibility.; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job" |
| ~ trifle, dally, play | consider not very seriously.; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" |
| ~ think about | have on one's mind, think about actively.; "I'm thinking about my friends abroad"; "She always thinks about her children first" |
| ~ abstract | consider apart from a particular case or instance.; "Let's abstract away from this particular example" |
| ~ warm to | become excited about.; "He warmed to the idea of a trip to Antarctica" |
| v. (social) | 11. deal | take action with respect to (someone or something).; "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (social) | 12. contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage | come to terms with.; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ extemporize, improvise | manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand.; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" |
| ~ fend | try to manage without help.; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died" |
| ~ hack, cut | be able to manage or manage successfully.; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" |
| ~ rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by | manage one's existence barely.; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary" |
| ~ cope with, match, meet | satisfy or fulfill.; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" |
| v. (possession) | 13. administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out | administer or bestow, as in small portions.; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ allot, portion, assign | give out.; "We were assigned new uniforms" |
| ~ reallot | allot again.; "They were realloted additional farm land" |
| ~ deal | distribute cards to the players in a game.; "Who's dealing?" |
| ~ apply, give | give or convey physically.; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" |
| v. (possession) | 14. deal, sell, trade | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ push | sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs).; "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs" |
| ~ transact | conduct business.; "transact with foreign governments" |
| ~ deal | sell.; "deal hashish" |
| ~ deal | sell.; "deal hashish" |
| ~ black marketeer | deal on the black market. |
| ~ pyramid | use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal. |
| ~ market | deal in a market. |
| ~ hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, vend, pitch | sell or offer for sale from place to place. |
| ~ sell | be sold at a certain price or in a certain way.; "These books sell like hot cakes" |
| v. (social) | 15. care, deal, handle, manage | be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" |
| ~ administer, administrate | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of.; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds" |
| ~ organize, organise | cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea. |
| ~ work | cause to operate or function.; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?" |
| ~ come to grips, get to grips | deal with (a problem or a subject).; "I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents" |
| ~ dispose of | deal with or settle.; "He disposed of these cases quickly" |
| ~ take care, mind | be in charge of or deal with.; "She takes care of all the necessary arrangements" |
| ~ coordinate | bring into common action, movement, or condition.; "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues"; "coordinate our efforts" |
| ~ juggle | deal with simultaneously.; "She had to juggle her job and her children" |
| ~ process | deal with in a routine way.; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants" |
| ~ mismanage, misconduct, mishandle | manage badly or incompetently.; "The funds were mismanaged" |
| ~ direct | be in charge of. |
| ~ control, command | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| ~ carry on, conduct, deal | direct the course of; manage or control.; "You cannot conduct business like this" |
| ~ touch | deal with; usually used with a form of negation.; "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling" |
| v. (social) | 16. deal | behave in a certain way towards others.; "He deals fairly with his employees" |
| ~ deport, acquit, behave, comport, conduct, bear, carry | behave in a certain manner.; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" |
| v. (possession) | 17. deal | distribute cards to the players in a game.; "Who's dealing?" |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ deal | give (a specific card) to a player.; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" |
| ~ misdeal | deal cards wrongly. |
| ~ deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out, lot, administer, allot, deal | administer or bestow, as in small portions.; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" |
| v. (social) | 18. carry on, conduct, deal | direct the course of; manage or control.; "You cannot conduct business like this" |
| ~ handle, manage, care, deal | be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" |
| ~ racketeer | carry on illegal business activities involving crime. |
| v. (possession) | 19. apportion, deal, divvy up, portion out, share | give out as one's portion or share. |
| ~ divide, part, separate | come apart.; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
| ~ hand out, give out, pass out, distribute | give to several people.; "The teacher handed out the exams" |
| v. (possession) | 20. deal | give (a specific card) to a player.; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ deal | distribute cards to the players in a game.; "Who's dealing?" |
| v. (possession) | 21. deal | sell.; "deal hashish" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ sell, trade, deal | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
| ~ sell, trade, deal | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
| enterprise | | |
| n. (act) | 1. endeavor, endeavour, enterprise | a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness).; "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" |
| ~ fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise, racket | an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit. |
| ~ forlorn hope | a hopeless or desperate enterprise. |
| ~ project, task, undertaking, labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.; "he prepared for great undertakings" |
| ~ business activity, commercial activity | activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise. |
| n. (group) | 2. enterprise | an organization created for business ventures.; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" |
| ~ organization, organisation | a group of people who work together. |
| ~ giant | an unusually large enterprise.; "Walton built a retail giant" |
| ~ collective | members of a cooperative enterprise. |
| ~ business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern | a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it.; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" |
| ~ commercial enterprise | an enterprise connected with commerce. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. enterprise, enterprisingness, go-ahead, initiative | readiness to embark on bold new ventures. |
| ~ drive | the trait of being highly motivated.; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers" |
| trade | | |
| n. (act) | 1. trade | the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services.; "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"; "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ fair trade | trade that is conducted legally. |
| ~ fair trade | trade that satisfies certain criteria on the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producers; often with other social and environmental considerations. |
| ~ free trade | international trade free of government interference. |
| ~ protect | use tariffs to favor domestic industry. |
| n. (act) | 2. craft, trade | the skilled practice of a practical occupation.; "he learned his trade as an apprentice" |
| ~ job, line of work, occupation, business, line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.; "he's not in my line of business" |
| ~ airplane mechanics | the craft of building and repairing airplanes. |
| ~ auto mechanics | the craft of building and repairing automobiles. |
| ~ basketry | the craft of basket making. |
| ~ carpentry, woodworking, woodwork | the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood. |
| ~ drafting, mechanical drawing | the craft of drawing blueprints. |
| ~ dressmaking | the craft of making dresses. |
| ~ electrical work | the craft of an electrician. |
| ~ interior design, interior decoration | the trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior. |
| ~ lumbering | the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber. |
| ~ masonry | the craft of a mason. |
| ~ oculism | the craft of an oculist. |
| ~ house painting, painting | the occupation of a house painter.; "house painting was the only craft he knew" |
| ~ papermaking | the craft of making paper. |
| ~ pilotage, piloting | the occupation of a pilot. |
| ~ plumbery, plumbing | the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building). |
| ~ pottery | the craft of making earthenware. |
| ~ pyrotechny, pyrotechnics | the craft of making fireworks. |
| ~ cobbling, shoe repairing, shoemaking | the shoemaker's trade. |
| ~ roofing | the craft of a roofer. |
| ~ sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems). |
| ~ shingling | the laying on of shingles.; "shingling is a craft very different from carpentry" |
| ~ tailoring | the occupation of a tailor. |
| ~ tool-and-die work | the craft of making special tools and dies. |
| ~ handicraft | a craft that requires skillful hands. |
| ~ mintage | act or process of minting coins. |
| ~ tanning | making leather from rawhide. |
| ~ typography | the craft of composing type and printing from it. |
| ~ undertaking | the trade of a funeral director. |
| ~ upholstery | the craft of upholstering. |
| ~ wine making, winemaking | the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine. |
| n. (act) | 3. patronage, trade | the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage" |
| ~ business | the volume of commercial activity.; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today" |
| ~ custom | habitual patronage.; "I have given this tailor my custom for many years" |
| n. (group) | 4. craft, trade | people who perform a particular kind of skilled work.; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade" |
| ~ social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status.; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 5. trade, trade wind | steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.; "they rode the trade winds going west" |
| ~ prevailing wind | the predominant wind direction.; "the prevailing wind is from the southwest" |
| n. (act) | 6. barter, swap, swop, trade | an equal exchange.; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" |
| ~ interchange, exchange | reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries).; "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" |
| ~ horse trade, horse trading | the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining). |
| v. (possession) | 7. merchandise, trade | engage in the trade of.; "he is merchandising telephone sets" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ buy, purchase | obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction.; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" |
| ~ black market, run | deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor. |
| ~ sell | exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
| ~ traffic | trade or deal a commodity.; "They trafficked with us for gold" |
| ~ arbitrage | practice arbitrage, as in the stock market. |
| ~ traffic | deal illegally.; "traffic drugs" |
| ~ market | engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of.; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" |
| ~ import | bring in from abroad. |
| ~ export | sell or transfer abroad.; "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance" |
| v. (possession) | 8. trade, trade in | turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase.; "trade in an old car for a new one" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ exchange, interchange, change | give to, and receive from, one another.; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" |
| ~ barter away | trade in in a bartering transaction. |
| v. (stative) | 9. trade | be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.; "The stock traded around $20 a share" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ sell | be sold at a certain price or in a certain way.; "These books sell like hot cakes" |
| ~ close | be priced or listed when trading stops.; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night" |
| v. (possession) | 10. swap, switch, swop, trade | exchange or give (something) in exchange for. |
| ~ exchange, interchange, change | give to, and receive from, one another.; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" |
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