"great deal" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-great deal.ogg [Australia] Forms: great deals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} great deal (usually uncountable, plural great deals)
  1. (idiomatic) Large number, amount, or extent. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable, usually Translations (a large number, amount): lawa (Chickasaw), i̠lawa (Chickasaw), mórchuid [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-great_deal-en-noun-lGCSVoj1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English singularia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English singularia tantum: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'a large number, amount': 98 2
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see great, deal. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-great_deal-en-noun-B7FpAasp

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