Afterdeal

Alternative forms

• afterdele

Origin

From Middle English afterdele, equivalent to - + deal.

Full definition of afterdeal

Noun

1. Disadvantage.
• 1955, Barbara Winchester, Tudor family portrait:Johnson & Company's account was now at an afterdeal, and Richard simply did not know where to find the money to pay their debts.
• 1889, Sir thomas Mallory, La morte d'Arthure: The history of King Arthur and of the KnightsAnd thus the battaile was great, and oftentimes that one partie was at a foredele and anon at an afterdele, which endured long.

Antonyms

• foredeal (also foredele)