foredeal
English
Etymology
From earlier fordele, from Middle English foredel, foredele. Equivalent to fore- + deal. Compare Saterland Frisian Foardeel (“advantage, gain, benefit, profit”), Dutch voordeel, Low German fortel, German Vorteil (“advantage”), Danish fordel, Swedish fördel. More at fore-, deal.
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)diːl/
- (verb) IPA(key): /fɔː(ɹ)ˈdiːl/
Noun
foredeal (plural foredeals)
- An advantage; benefit; profit.
- 1527, Brewer, Brodie, Gairdner, Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII:
- [...] and at a great foredeal already; [and as for] such foredeal that they despair not of the...a deal, but that through the help of God, [our Grace and] other good ministers, these personages which [shall be now] sent shall undoubtedly conclude [...]
- 1889, Sir thomas Mallory, La morte d'Arthure: The history of King Arthur and of the Knights:
- And thus the battaile was great, and oftentimes that one partie was at a foredele and anon at an afterdele, which endured long.
- 1846, Miles Coverdale, Remains of Miles Coverdale (Hope of the Faithful):
- And though this be a great foredeal, and an excellent jewel, yet the great and unspeakable glory, that in time to come shall be declared in us, hath not yet appeared.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The first place; lead; precedence; preference.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) Progress; advancement.
Verb
foredeal (third-person singular simple present foredeals, present participle foredealing, simple past and past participle foredealed)
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