good deal

noun

: a considerable quantity or extent : lot
knows a good deal about disease
a good deal faster

Examples of good deal in a Sentence

he knows a good deal about the current situation in Africa
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Other fast food chains participating in spooky good deals include Baskin-Robbins, where instead of candy, trick-or-treaters can treat themselves to 31% off of ice cream scoops ordered on the app for Halloween. Angel Saunders, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024 Home chefs and kitchenware aficionados will be happy to hear that there are lots of good deals being cooked up this time around—there are markdowns on appliances and gadgets abound. Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2024 With mortgage rates above 6% and the median home price clocking in at $425,000, good deals are harder to come by. Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024 Most investors are maintaining their higher bar for quality companies, which means there’s a large backlog of capital from the ZIRP (zero interest rate policy) era chasing not enough good deals. Ray Zhou, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for good deal 

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of good deal was before the 12th century

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“Good deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20deal. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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