Deal and Rule

Deal

Deal verb - To carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property.

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Rule and deal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rule" instead a verb "Deal".

Nearby Words: dealing, dealer, dealt

Rule verb - To exercise authority or power over.

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Deal and rule are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deal" instead a verb "Rule".

Nearby Words: ruling, ruler, ruled

old	old deal	old rule
special	special deal	special rule
similar	similar deal	similar rule
usual	usual deal	usual rule
Other adjectives: specific, complete, standard, original, single, actual, real, little, main, important, final, last, aforementioned.

He strictly follows one rule: you make a deal, you keep it, even if breaking the deal would be more beneficial to him.

Source: Pragmatic Villainy aka: Pragmatic Villain
General rule of thumb, making a deal with organized crime (commonly The Mafia) is basically this.

Source: Deal with the Devil
Zombie Apocalypse: The deal that the Nazis made with the tenebrae was that the Nazis would rule the world, and that the tenebrae would be given the dead.

Source: Comic Book / DC Comics Bombshells

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