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foredeals

foredeals is the plural of foredeal.

Meaning of foredeal

Noun

foredeal (plural foredeals)

  1. An advantage; benefit; profit.
    • [...] 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 [...]1527, Brewer, Brodie, Gairdner, Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) The first place; lead; precedence; preference.
  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Progress; advancement.

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Questions about foredeals

What is foredeals the plural of?
Foredeals is the plural of foredeal.

Words near foredeals in the dictionary

  1. foredawning
  2. foredawns
  3. foreday
  4. foredays
  5. foredeal
  6. foredeals
  7. foredeck
  8. foredecks
  9. foredeclare
  10. foredecree
  11. foredecreed

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