agreement vs deal

agreement

noun
  • A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law. 

  • Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts. 

  • An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct. 

  • A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another. 

deal

noun
  • An agreement between parties; an arrangement. 

  • A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain. 

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

  • Male genitalia. 

  • A plank of softwood (fir or pine board). 

  • A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction. 

  • A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object. 

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

  • A situation, occasion, or event. 

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

verb
  • To trade professionally (followed by in). 

  • To handle, to manage, to cope. 

  • To be concerned with. 

  • To pitch. 

  • To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share. 

  • To have dealings or business. 

  • To administer or give out, as in small portions. 

  • To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs. 

  • To distribute cards to the players in a game. 

  • To conduct oneself, to behave. 

  • deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict. 

adj
  • Made of deal. 

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