"a good deal" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-a good deal.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From deal (“division, portion, share”). Compare a great deal, etc. Etymology templates: {{m|en|deal|t=division, portion, share}} deal (“division, portion, share”), {{m|en|a great deal}} a great deal Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} a good deal (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-a_good_deal-en-adv-5I~ctfOE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English hedges, English positive polarity items, English singularia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 21 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 73 16 11 Disambiguation of English hedges: 37 36 27 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 73 14 12 Disambiguation of English singularia tantum: 66 18 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 72 19 10

Noun

Audio: en-au-a good deal.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From deal (“division, portion, share”). Compare a great deal, etc. Etymology templates: {{m|en|deal|t=division, portion, share}} deal (“division, portion, share”), {{m|en|a great deal}} a great deal Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} a good deal
  1. (idiomatic) A large amount; a lot. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-a_good_deal-en-noun-y7X4BmYK Categories (other): English hedges Disambiguation of English hedges: 37 36 27
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, good, deal. Synonyms: a great deal
    Sense id: en-a_good_deal-en-noun-PlZHIDqA Categories (other): English hedges Disambiguation of English hedges: 37 36 27

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