Noun

(en noun)

An act of exchanging or trading.

All in all, it was an even exchange .

an exchange of cattle for grain

A place for conducting trading.

The stock exchange is open for trading.

A telephone exchange.

(telephony, US only? ) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).

The 555 exchange is reserved for use by the phone company, which is why it's often used in films.

NPA-NXX-1234 is standard format, where NPA is the area code and NXX is the exchange .

A conversation.

After an exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.

* 2014 , Ian Black, " Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:

“Why bother with the daily grind when you can go to Mosul, get paid $400 a month, get a wife – and live an Islamic way,” went an exchange between two men overheard by a fellow passenger in a taxi. Rumour has it that a woman whose husband died fighting with Isis now receives a generous widow’s pension from jihadi coffers.

(chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another

# The loss of a relatively minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook

(obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.

(Shakespeare)

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.

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An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (''now usually qualified by'' (great) ''or (good)).

*:

*:And so they alle bare hym vnto the hermytage / and vnarmed hym / and layd hym in his bedde / & euer more his wound bledde pytously / but he stered no lymme of hym / Thenne the knyghte heremyte put a thynge in his nose and a lytel dele of water in his mouthe / And thenne sir launcelot waked of his swoune / and thenne the heremyte staunched his bledynge

*1814 , (Jane Austen), Mansfield Park , Ch.2:

*:There is a vast deal of difference in memories, as well as in every thing else, and therefore you should make allowance for your cousin, and pity her deficiency.

*1851 , (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick , Ch.32:

*:There is a deal of obscurity concerning the identity of the species thus multitudinously baptized.

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, chapter=3, title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5387037W Well Tackled!] , passage=“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal . A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson

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A unit of volume equal to 12 ft × 11 in × 1.5 in, used to measure firewood.

Noun

(en noun)

An act of dealing or sharing.

The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.

I didn’t have a good deal all evening.

I believe it's your deal .

A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction

We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.

* 2014 , Jamie Jackson, "[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/26/angel-di-maria-completes-move-to-manchester-united Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real]", The Guardian , 26 August 2014:

The deal , which overtakes the £50m paid to Liverpool by Chelsea for Fernando Torres in January 2011 as the highest paid by a British club, takes United’s summer spend to £130.7m, following the £27m spent on Luke Shaw, the £28m for Ander Herrera and £16m for Marcos Rojo.

Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

* 2009 , The Guardian , Virginia Wallis, 22 Jul 2009:

You also have to look at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade up to the kind of property you are looking for.

An agreement between parties; an arrangement

* 2009 , Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times , 20 Jul 2009:

California lawmakers, their state broke and its credit rating shot, finally sealed the deal with the governor Monday night on a plan to close a $26 billion budget gap.

He made a deal with the devil.

(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.

"''I've never killed anybody before. I don't see what's the big deal ."

Line spoken by character played by John Travolta in the movie Broken Arrow .

What's the deal ?

(informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.

The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.

Noun

(en noun)

(uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

(countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)