Definition of Raw deal

1. Noun. Unfair treatment.

Generic synonyms: Deal

Definition of Raw deal

1. Noun. A situation in which a person is taken advantage of or treated unfairly; a situation in which a person is led to expect something, but receives nothing or much less than expected. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raw Deal

ravished
ravisher
ravishers
ravishes
ravishing
ravishingly
ravishments
ravisht
ravissant
ravuconazole
raw
raw(a)
raw beauty
raw data
raw deal
raw deals
raw material
raw meat
raw milk
raw recruit
raw score
raw sewage
raw sienna
raw talent
raw throat
raw umber
raw vegetable
raw weather
raw wood

Literary usage of Raw deal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Finance by Robert S. Rosefsky (2001)
"What's more, he thinks his boss has been overcharging customers, and he doesn't like people to get a raw deal. Thus, he tells you, he's going to see that ..."

2. A Straight Deal: Or, The Ancient Grudge by Owen Wister (1920)
"But we could have behaved better to the Indian. That was in our power. And we gave him a raw deal instead, not once, but again and again. ..."

3. A Straight Deal: Or, The Ancient Grudge by Owen Wister (1920)
"But we could have behaved better to the Indian. That was in our power. And we gave him a raw deal instead, not once, but again and again. ..."

4. IRS Restructuring: Congressional Hearings edited by William V. Roth, Jr. (1999)
"... as well and come up with some kind of amount that would both satisfy the need to make the compliant taxpayers feel that they are not getting a raw deal, ..."

5. A Straight Deal; Or, The Ancient Grudge by Owen Wister (1920)
"But we could have behaved better to the Indian. That was in our power. And we gave him a raw deal instead, not once, but again and again. ..."

6. C. P. A. Accounting: Theory, Questions, and Problems by George Hillis Newlove (1921)
"The following is the trial balance of the raw deal Company, June 1, 1911, on which day the directors of the company resolve that the secretary of the ..."

7. Advanced Accounting by George Edward Bennett (1922)
"80 The following is the trial balance of the raw deal Company, June 1, 1911, on which day the directors of the company resolve that the secretary of the ..."

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