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New Deal

New Deal proper noun: a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938 in response to the Great Depression, focusing on relief, recovery, and reform.

Proper noun

New Deal

  1. A series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938 in response to the Great Depression, focusing on relief, recovery, and reform.
    • The right rallying call is for a “Green New Deal.” The New Deal was not built on a magic bullet, but on a broad range of programs and industrial projects to revitalize America. Ditto for an energy New Deal.2007 January 19, Thomas L. Friedman, “A Warning From the Garden”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2019

New Deal meaning in Tamil

New Deal in Tamil

புதிய ஒப்பந்தம்

Origin of New Deal

Deal refers to the distribution of cards in a card game. A new deal results in a new deck, thus a new (supposedly) fair distribution of chances, i.e. figuratively (in the original use) new opportunities in life for everyone.

Words formed from New Deal

Questions about New Deal

What does New Deal mean?
New Deal means a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938 in response to the Great Depression, focusing on relief, recovery, and reform.
What is New Deal in Tamil?
New Deal in Tamil is புதிய ஒப்பந்தம். See New Deal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is New Deal?
New Deal is a proper noun.

Words near New Deal in the dictionary

  1. New Cumberland
  2. New Cumnock
  3. New Cuyama
  4. new dawn
  5. new dawns
  6. New Deal
  7. New Dealer
  8. New Dealers
  9. New Dealism
  10. New Delhi
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Adapted from Wiktionary: New Deal (page history and authors); new deal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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