Deal

1. To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
2. 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.
3. To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.
4. To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
5. To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.
To deal by ,
to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well by servants.
To deal in
1. To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as, they deal in political matters.
2. To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or wholesaler; as, they deal in fish.
To deal with
1. To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill; to have to do with; specifically, to trade with.
2. To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with.