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• Stack the Deck — is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right . Debuting October 9, 2006 and created by Bart Eskander [http://www.golden road.net/index.php?topic=6912.0] , it is played for a car and uses grocery items.Game playThe… …   Wikipedia

• stack the deck — tv. to arrange things secretly for a desired outcome. (From card playing where a cheater may arrange the order of the cards that are to be dealt to the players.) □ The president stacked the deck so I would be appointed head of the finance… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• stack the deck — mainly American to arrange something in a way that is not fair in order to achieve what you want. The manager stacked the deck in Joe s favor so he got the promotion …   New idioms dictionary

• stack the deck — (Roget s IV) , v. Syn. prearrange, deceive, set up; see arrange 2 , trick …   English dictionary for students

• stack the deck — idi gam a) gam to arrange cards or a pack of cards so as to cheat b) to manipulate events, information, etc., esp. unethically, in order to achieve a desired result …   From formal English to slang

• stack the deck (to) —  Dishonestly prearrange something …   American business jargon

• to stack the deck — Stock Stock (st[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stocked} (st[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stocking}.] 1. To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like. [1913 Webster] 2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stack — Stack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stacked} (st[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stacking}.] [Cf. Sw. stacka, Dan. stakke. See {Stack}, n.] 1. To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stack — [stak] n. [ME stac < ON stakkr, akin to MLowG stack, barrier of slanting stakes: for IE base see STICK] 1. a large pile of straw, hay, etc., esp. one neatly arranged, as in a conical form, for outdoor storage 2. any somewhat orderly pile or… …   English World dictionary

• stack — stacker, n. stackless, adj. /stak/, n. 1. a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers. 2. a large, usually conical, circular, or rectangular pile of hay, straw, or the like. 3. Often, stacks …   Universalium

• deck — /dek/, n. 1. Naut. a. a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel. b. the space between such a… …   Universalium