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deal

 
/dil/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle dealt /delt/) (HAVE AGREEMENT)

Definition

to do business with or be involved with someone or something: [I] We only deal with companies that have a good credit record. [I] They mainly deal in (= buy and sell) mutual funds.
(Definition of deal v (HAVE AGREEMENT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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