deal in

1. Also, deal with . Be occupied or concerned with, as in Jim deals in generalities , or This book deals with idioms . The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from about 1300.

2. Do business or trade in something, as in They deal in diamonds . [Late 1500s] Also see deal with .

3. deal someone in . Also, deal one a hand . Include someone, give someone a share, as in I hope they'll deal me in on this new enterprise . This usage comes from card games, where to deal has meant “to distribute cards” since the 16th century. [Early 1900s]

Example Sentences

When Game Pass first launched, it was pitched as "the best deal in gaming", though critics questioned if it would be able to keep prices down as costs of game development increased.

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"Nobody who signs up to Fused should be surprised that Unlimited Energy costs more than a traditional energy deal, in the same way you'd expect an unlimited mobile contract to cost more than a pay-as-you-go deal."

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Buendia wanted to fight for his place, having joined from Norwich in a then club record £38m deal in 2021 before seeing his Villa career interrupted by a serious knee injury two years ago, which kept him out for the entire 2023-24 season.

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A £10bn shipbuilding deal that is the largest export deal in the history of shipbuilding in the UK.

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Sheen said everything was worked out so he could play Caligula "at night and filming The Deal in the day" so "someone would run on to the set and say, 'right, you've got to go now... and I would run off" and jump on to his motorcycle taxi.

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