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coupon
English
Etymology
From French coupon, from couper (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ku??p?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ku??p?n/, /?kju??p?n/
Noun
coupon (plural coupons)
- A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
- A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
- (finance, obsolete) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.
- (finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
- (Britain, politics, historical) The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
- (Scotland) A person's face.
Synonyms
- (section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement): voucher
Derived terms
- couponer
- couponing
- zero coupon bond
Translations
Verb
coupon (third-person singular simple present coupons, present participle couponing or couponning, simple past and past participle couponed or couponned)
- To use coupons to a such extent that makes the user actively looking for coupons in magazines, online and whatever they can be found.
Derived terms
- couponer, couponner
- couponing, couponning
Anagrams
- uncoop
French
Etymology
couper +? -on
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.p??/
Noun
coupon m (plural coupons)
- coupon (certificate of interest due)
- An oddment or offcut, a short rest of fabric remaining from a bolt (roll) or large piece.
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “coupon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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deal
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?l, IPA(key): /di?l/
- Rhymes: -i?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English del, dele, from Old English d?l (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ail- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Scots dele (“part, portion”), West Frisian diel (“part, share”), Dutch deel (“part, share, portion”), German Teil (“part, portion, section”), Danish del (“part”), Swedish del ("part, portion, piece") Icelandic deila (“division, contention”), Gothic ???????????????????? (dails, “portion”), Slovene del (“part”). Related to Old English d?l (“portion”). More at dole.
Noun
deal (plural deals)
- (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
- (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Ch.32:
- There is a deal of obscurity concerning the identity of the species thus multitudinously baptized.
- Synonyms: batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Ch.32:
Synonyms
- (act of apportioning or distributing): allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out, sharing, sharing out
Derived terms
- (indefinite quantity): a great deal, a good deal, big deal, real deal
- afterdeal
- foredeal
- half-deal
- ordeal
Related terms
- a deal is a deal
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English delen, from Old English d?lan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-Germanic *dailijan? (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ail- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian ??????? (delít?).
Verb
deal (third-person singular simple present deals, present participle dealing, simple past and past participle dealt)
- (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.
- (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot, ch. 30:
- "Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to deal the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?"
- 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot, ch. 30:
- (transitive, intransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
- I was dealt four aces.
- The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt.
- (baseball) To pitch.
- The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.
- (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
- 1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. 11:
- Mr. Brownlow contrived to state his case; observing that, in the surprise of the moment, he had run after the boy because he saw him running away; and expressing his hope that, if the magistrate should believe him, although not actually the thief, to be connected with thieves; he would deal as leniently with him as justice would allow.
- 1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. 11:
- (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- In Deheubarth that now South-wales is hight, / What time king Ryence raign'd, and dealed right [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- (obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
- Wel said syr Uwayne go on your waye, and lete me dele.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
- (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
- She deals in gold.
- (transitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
- This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.
- (intransitive) To be concerned with.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, episode 14:
- Science, it cannot be too often repeated, deals with tangible phenomena.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, episode 14:
- (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, chapter 19:
- Then there was the sound of a struggle, and I knew that the attendants were dealing with him.
- I can't deal with this.
- I don't think he wants to go. — Yeah, well, we're going anyway, and he can deal.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, chapter 19:
Synonyms
- (distribute among a number of recipients): apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out
- (administer in portions): administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
- (distribute (cards)):
- (baseball slang: to pitch): pitch, throw
- (have dealings with):
- (trade): sell, trade, bargain
- (sell (illicit drugs)): sell
- (be handled):
- (handle, cope):
Derived terms
- deal with
- dealer
- dealth
- dealy
Translations
Noun
deal (plural deals)
- (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing out.
- 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, "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.
- 2009, The Guardian, Virginia Wallis, 22 Jul 2009:
- 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.
- 2009, Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, 20 Jul 2009:
- (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
- What's the deal?
- (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
- The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.
Synonyms
- (cards held in a card game by a player at any given time): hand
- (instance of buying or selling): business deal, sale, trade, transaction
- (a beneficial transaction): steal, bargain
- (agreement between parties fixing obligations of each): contract, pact
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English dele (“plank”), from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þilj? (“plank, board”); cognate with Old English þille. Doublet of thill.
Noun
deal (countable and uncountable, plural deals)
- (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 86,[2]
- Some Houses were […] entirely lock’d up, the Doors padlockt, the Windows and Doors having Deal Boards nail’d over them,
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 86,[2]
- (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
- (countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.
Synonyms
- (wood that is easy to saw, from conifers such as pine or fir):
- (plank of softwood):
Translations
Adjective
deal (not comparable)
- Made of deal.
- A plain deal table
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 6
- She glanced round the kitchen. It was small and curious to her, with its glittering kissing-bunch, its evergreens behind the pictures, its wooden chairs and little deal table.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 47
- Through the open door you see a red-tiled floor, a large wooden bed, and on a deal table a ewer and a basin.
Translations
Anagrams
- ALDE, Adel, Dale, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, adle, dale, lade, lead
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English deal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?l/
- Hyphenation: deal
Noun
deal m (plural deals, diminutive dealtje n)
- (informal) deal, a transaction or arrangement
- (informal) a deal, a bargain (a favourable transaction)
Derived terms
- drugsdeal
Related terms
- deel
- delen
Middle English
Noun
deal
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of del
Romanian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dol?. Compare Serbo-Croatian dol.
Noun
deal n (plural dealuri)
- hill
Derived terms
- deluros
- delu?or
Spanish
Etymology
From English deal.
Noun
deal m (plural deales)
- (business) deal
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