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square deal
square deal
a fair and honest transaction; fair treatment. All the workers want is a square deal, but their boss underpays them. You always get a square deal with that travel company.
square deal
A just, equitable arrangement or transaction, as in I know I'll get a square deal if I work with that supplier. This idiom uses square in the sense of "fair" or "honest," a usage dating from the 1300s. [Late 1800s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Chikumbutso | | - | Southern African, Chewa |
| Sophos | | - | Ancient Greek |
| Kenna | | - | Scottish |
| Ede | | - | Hungarian |
| Helen | | HEL-ən (English) | English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek Mythology (Anglicized) |
| Eino | | AY-no | Finnish |