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Deal vs. Offer — What's the Difference?

Deal vs. Offer — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Deal and Offer

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Deal

To give out in shares or portions; apportion
A critic who deals out as much praise as blame.

Offer

To present for acceptance or rejection; proffer
Offered me a drink.

Deal

To distribute (playing cards) among players.

Offer

To put forward for consideration; propose
Offer an opinion.

Deal

To give (a specific card) to a player while so distributing.
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Offer

To present in order to meet a need or satisfy a requirement
Offered new statistics in order to facilitate the decision-making process.

Deal

To sell
Deal prescriptions.
Deal cocaine.

Offer

To present as an act of worship
Offer a prayer.

Deal

To administer; deliver
Dealt him a blow to the stomach.

Offer

To propose as payment; bid
Offered only half what I was asking for the car.

Deal

To be occupied or concerned
A book that deals with the Middle Ages.

Offer

To make available; afford
The situation offers us the opportunity to learn more.

Deal

To behave in a specified way toward another or others; have transactions
Deal honestly with competitors.

Offer

To present for sale
Those boots are being offered at half price.

Deal

To take action with respect to someone or something
The committee will deal with this complaint.

Offer

To provide; furnish
A hotel that offers conference facilities.

Deal

(Informal) To cope
I can't deal with all of this arguing!.

Offer

To exhibit readiness or desire (to do something); volunteer
Offered to carry the packages.

Deal

To do business; trade
Dealing in diamonds.

Offer

To engage in; put up
Partisans who offered strong resistance to the invaders.

Deal

(Games) To distribute playing cards.

Offer

To threaten
Offered to leave without them if they didn't hurry.

Deal

(Slang) To buy and sell drugs, especially illegally.

Offer

To produce or introduce on the stage
The repertory group is offering two new plays this season.

Deal

(Baseball) To throw a pitch.

Offer

To present an offering in worship or devotion.

Deal

The act or a round of apportioning or distributing.

Offer

To make an offer or proposal, especially of marriage.

Deal

Distribution of playing cards.

Offer

To present itself
"This plan was dropped, because of its risk, and because a better offered" (T.E. Lawrence).

Deal

The cards so distributed; a hand.

Offer

(Baseball) To swing at a pitch. Used of a batter.

Deal

The right or turn of a player to distribute the cards.

Offer

The act of offering
An offer of assistance.

Deal

The playing of one hand.

Offer

Something, such as a suggestion, proposal, bid, or recommendation, that is offered
Did you accept his offer for the car?.

Deal

An indefinite quantity, extent, or degree
Has a great deal of experience.

Offer

(Law) A proposal that if accepted constitutes a legally binding contract.

Deal

An agreement, especially one that is mutually beneficial.

Offer

The condition of being offered, especially for sale
Thousands of bushels of wheat on offer.

Deal

A business transaction
Struck a deal to buy a car dealership.

Offer

A proposal that has been made.
What's in his offer?
I decline your offer to contract.

Deal

A legal contract
Signed a deal to play for a new team.

Offer

Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
His offer was $3.50 per share.

Deal

(Informal) A sale favorable especially to the buyer; a bargain.

Offer

(legal) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
His first letter was not a real offer, but an attempt to determine interest.

Deal

(Informal) Treatment received
A raw deal.
A fair deal.

Offer

(used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off

Deal

(Informal) The situation or background information regarding something
What's the deal with the new teacher?.

Offer

(intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
She offered to help with her homework.

Deal

A fir or pine board cut to standard dimensions.

Offer

(transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
Everybody offered an opinion.

Deal

Such boards or planks considered as a group.

Offer

(transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
He offered use of his car for the week.
He offered his good will for the Councilman's vote.

Deal

Fir or pine wood.

Offer

(transitive) To present (something) to God or gods as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.

Deal

(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king.

Offer

To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.

Deal

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

Offer

(transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
I offered twenty dollars for it. The company is offering a salary of £30,000 a year.

Deal

An act of dealing or sharing out.

Offer

(intransitive) To happen, to present itself.

Deal

(card games) 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.

Offer

(obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at.

Deal

A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.
Recognizing the societal deal between capital and labor regarding retirement savings

Offer

(transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
To offer violence to somebody
The peasants offered no resistance as they were rounded up.

Deal

(in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

Offer

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; - often with up.
Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.
A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices.

Deal

An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
He made a deal with the devil.

Offer

To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.
I offer thee three things.

Deal

(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
What's the deal here?
Their new movie is the biggest deal of the year.
I don't think that's such a big deal.

Offer

To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he offered to help me.

Deal

(informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.

Offer

To attempt; to undertake.
All that offer to defend him.

Deal

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

Offer

To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.

Deal

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

Offer

To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.

Deal

A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.

Offer

To present itself; to be at hand.
The occasion offers, and the youth complies.

Deal

(a) Male genitalia.
He saw my deal!

Offer

To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; - used with at.
He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.
I will not offer at that I can not master.

Deal

(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.

Offer

The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.

Deal

(transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.

Offer

That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.
When offers are disdained, and love denied.

Deal

(ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
I was dealt four aces.
The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt.

Offer

Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball.

Deal

(transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
The boxer was dealt a blow to the head.

Offer

The verbal act of offering;
A generous offer of assistance

Deal

(baseball) To pitch.
The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.

Offer

Something offered (as a proposal or bid);
Noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds

Deal

(intransitive) To have dealings or business.

Offer

A usually brief attempt;
He took a crack at it
I gave it a whirl

Deal

(intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.

Offer

Make available or accessible, provide or furnish;
The conference center offers a health spa
The hotel offers private meeting rooms

Deal

To take action; to act.

Offer

Present for acceptance or rejection;
She offered us all a cold drink

Deal

(intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
She deals in gold.

Offer

Agree freely;
She volunteered to drive the old lady home
I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it

Deal

(ambitransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.

Offer

Put forward for consideration;
He offered his opinion

Deal

(intransitive) To be concerned with.

Offer

Offer verbally;
Extend my greetings
He offered his sympathy

Deal

(intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
I can't deal with this.

Offer

Make available for sale;
The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week

Deal

Made of deal.
A plain deal table

Offer

Propose a payment;
The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting

Deal

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
Three tenth deals [parts of an ephah] of flour.
As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power.
She was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.

Offer

Produce or introduce on the stage;
The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month

Deal

The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
The deal, the shuffle, and the cut.

Offer

Present as an act of worship;
Offer prayers to the gods

Deal

Distribution; apportionment.

Offer

Mount or put up;
Put up a good fight
Offer resistance

Deal

An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; - applied to stock speculations and political bargains.

Offer

Make available; provide;
Extend a loan
The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages

Deal

The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.

Offer

Ask (someone) to marry you;
He popped the question on Sunday night
She proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months
The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman

Deal

Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.

Offer

Threaten to do something;
I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal

Deal

To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; - sometimes with out.
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry?
And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.
The nightly mallet deals resounding blows.
Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt.

Deal

Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.

Deal

To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.

Deal

To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
They buy and sell, they deal and traffic.
This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants deal but for parcels.

Deal

To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; - followed by between or with.
Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either.

Deal

To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he will acknowledge all this to be true.

Deal

To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.
The deacons of his church, who, to use their own phrase, "dealt with him" on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out.
Return . . . and I will deal well with thee.

Deal

A particular instance of buying or selling;
It was a package deal
I had no further trade with him
He's a master of the business deal

Deal

An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each;
He made a bargain with the devil
He rose to prominence through a series of shady deals

Deal

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
A batch of letters
A deal of trouble
A lot of money
He made a mint on the stock market
It must have cost plenty

Deal

A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

Deal

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

Deal

The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time;
I didn't hold a good hand all evening
He kept trying to see my hand

Deal

The type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement);
He got a good deal on his car

Deal

The act of distributing playing cards;
The deal was passed around the table clockwise

Deal

The act of apportioning or distributing something;
The captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions

Deal

Deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;
This book deals with incest
The course covered all of Western Civilization
The new book treats the history of China

Deal

Take action with respect to (someone or something);
How are we going to deal with this problem?
The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students

Deal

Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes;
Take the case of China
Consider the following case

Deal

Come to terms or deal successfully with;
We got by on just a gallon of gas
They made do on half a loaf of bread every day

Deal

Administer or bestow, as in small portions;
Administer critical remarks to everyone present
Dole out some money
Shell out pocket money for the children
Deal a blow to someone

Deal

Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;
She deals in gold
The brothers sell shoes

Deal

Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of;
I can deal with this crew of workers
This blender can't handle nuts
She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old

Deal

Behave in a certain way towards others;
He deals fairly with his employees

Deal

Distribute to the players in a game;
Who's dealing?

Deal

Direct the course of; manage or control;
You cannot conduct business like this

Deal

Give out as one's portion or share

Deal

Give (a specific card) to a player;
He dealt me the Queen of Spades

Deal

Sell;
Deal hashish

Deal

Made of fir or pine;
A plain deal table

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