dealer

[dee-ler]

noun

1. a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler.

   I got a dealer's discount on this coat.

2. Cards.,  the player distributing the cards.

3. a person who behaves or acts toward another or others in a specified manner.

   a plain dealer.

4. Slang.,  a person who buys and sells drugs illegally.

5. a person who buys securities for their own account and retains them until sold to another.

dealer

/ ˈdiːlə /

noun

1. a person or firm engaged in commercial purchase and sale; trader

   a car dealer

2. cards the person who distributes the cards

3. slang,  a person who sells illegal drugs

Other Word Forms

• predealer noun
• subdealer noun
• dealership noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dealer¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English delere, Old English dǣlere. See deal ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Two years ago, Angus Cloud, who played drug dealer Fezco, died of an accidental drug overdose.

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Neither did the temporary suspension of export taxes for grain dealers, which generated dollar inflows but didn’t fatten the bank’s war chest because there was also lots of peso selling.

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Many of these orders are now placed online through dealer websites.

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Some automakers, including Ford, GM and Hyundai, have said they would continue to offer incentives for EV buyers as they try to move existing inventory off their dealers’ lots.

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Now, automakers need to find a way to unload the lingering EVs on dealer lots.

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Related Words

• banker 
• merchant 
• retailer www.thesaurus.com
• trader 
• trafficker www.thesaurus.com
• vendor 
• wholesaler