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deal
noun- a business transaction, a trade or a bargain US, 1838
- Around 10% comes from licensing and merchandising deals–such as Lego’s Willams cars and Puma’s Jordan-branded products. — The Guardian, 22 February 2002
- an underhand or secret transaction; a trade of questionable legality; a mutually beneficial commercial or political arrangement US, 1881
A nuance of the broader sense, (a trade, a bargain). - It would have to be at the end a deal, which guarantees some independence for a large chunk of the ethnic Albanian population. — The Guardian, 18 April 1999
- a small amount of marijuana or hashish UK
- — Home Office, Glossary of Terms and Slang Common in Penal Establishments, 1978
▶ bad deal; raw deal; rough deal
ill-treatment, exploitative or unfair usage; a swindle US, 1912- You got yourself a load of trouble now / You got yourself a bad deal / You say I’ve got a bad attitude / How d’you think I feel? — Deep Purple, Bad Attitude, 1987
- But I think the working classes get a rough deal whoever gets in [elected]: we tend to get overlooked. — The Observer, 13 May 2001
- MNCs’ raw deal to shareholders. — The Times of India, 9 June 2003
▶ fair deal; square deal
an honest and equitable usage US, 1876
The locus classicus of “square deal” is in a speech delivered by US President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903: “We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less”.- It’s a fair deal. Students benefit from their education–why shouldn’t they give something back after they graduate? — The Observer, 26 January 2003
- Overtime rules not a square deal. — Middletown Journal (Ohio), 16 July 2003
▶ new deal
a new arrangement US, 1834- New deal for jobless gets cash to carry on. — The Guardian, 18 July 2000
▶ the deal; the real deal
the very best US- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 3, Fall 1986
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