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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