Noun

(en noun)

(countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.

(countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer

(countable, mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions.

Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No'' or '' (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.

Quantity.

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* Francis Bacon

Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage.

A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.

(countable, informal) A telephone number.

* 2001 , E. Forrest Hein, The Ruach Project, Xulon Press, page 86:

“[...] I wonder if you could get hold of him and have him call me here at Interior. I’m in my office, do you have my number ?”

* 2007 , Lindsey Nicole Isham, No Sex in the City: One Virgin's Confessions on Love, Lust, Dating, and Waiting, Kregel Publications, page 111:

When I agreed to go surfing with him he said, “Great, can I have your number'?” Well, I don’t give my ' number to guys I don’t know.

(grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.

(now, rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.

* 1635 , (John Donne), The Triple Foole :

Griefe brought to numbers cannot be so fierce, / For, he tames it, that fetters it in verse.

(countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.

(countable, informal) A person

* 1968 , Janet Burroway, The dancer from the dance: a novel, Little, Brown, page 40:

I laughed. "Don't doubt that. She's a saucy little number ."

* 1988 , Erica Jong, Serenissima, Dell, page 214:

"Signorina Jessica," says the maid, a saucy little number , "your father has gone to his prayers and demands that you come to the synagogue at once [...]"

* 2005 , Denise A. Agnew, Kate Hill & Arianna Hart, By Honor Bound, Ellora's Cave Publishing, page 207:

He had to focus on the mission, staying alive and getting out, not on the sexy number rubbing up against him.

(countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one

* 2007 , Cesca Martin, Agony Angel: So You Think You've Got Problems..., Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 134:

The trouble was I was wearing my backless glittering number from the night before underneath, so unless I could persuade the office it was National Fancy Dress Day I was doomed to sweat profusely in bottle blue.

* 2007 , Lorelei James, Running with the Devil, Samhain Publishing, Ltd, page 46:

"I doubt the sexy number you wore earlier tonight fell from the sky."

(slang, chiefly, US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.

* 2009 , (Thomas Pynchon), Inherent Vice , Vintage 2010, page 12:

Back at his place again, Doc rolled a number , put on a late movie, found an old T-shirt, and sat tearing it up into short strips

(dated) An issue of a periodical publication.

the latest number of a magazine

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)