foredeal

== English == === Alternative forms === fordele, fordeal, fordeale forthdeal (erroneous) fordell, fordel (Scotland) === Etymology === From earlier fordele, from Middle English foredel, foredele. Equivalent to fore- +‎ deal. Compare Saterland Frisian Foardeel (“advantage, gain, benefit, profit”), Dutch voordeel, Low German fortel, German Vorteil (“advantage”), Danish fordel, Swedish fördel. More at fore-, deal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (noun) /ˈfɔː(ɹ)diːl/ IPA(key): (verb) /fɔː(ɹ)ˈdiːl/ === Noun === foredeal (plural foredeals) An advantage; benefit; profit. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The first place; lead; precedence; preference. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Progress; advancement. === Verb === foredeal (third-person singular simple present foredeals, present participle foredealing, simple past and past participle foredealed) (UK dialectal, Scotland) To store; lay past; keep in reserve; hoard. ==== Antonyms ==== afterdeal (also afterdele) === Anagrams === forelead, freeload, fœderal, loafered