dealer
Americannoun
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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.
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Cards. the player distributing the cards.
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a person who behaves or acts toward another or others in a specified manner.
a plain dealer.
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Slang. a person who buys and sells drugs illegally.
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a person who buys securities for their own account and retains them until sold to another.
noun
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a person or firm engaged in commercial purchase and sale; trader
a car dealer
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cards the person who distributes the cards
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slang a person who sells illegal drugs
Other Word Forms
- dealership noun
- predealer noun
- subdealer noun
Etymology
Origin of dealer
First recorded before 1000; Middle English delere, Old English dǣlere. See deal 1, -er 1
Example Sentences
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When in doubt, take your item to a reputable expert or dealer: You never want to make the mistake of presuming something isn’t silver and treating it as such.
From MarketWatch
When in doubt, take your item to a reputable expert or dealer: You never want to make the mistake of presuming something isn’t silver and treating it as such.
From MarketWatch
To keep Joule’s generators humming, an on-site service shop is being built by Wheeler Machinery, the independent Caterpillar dealer for Utah.
Despite arrests, the problem has continued to worsen, so much so that city, state and law enforcement officials backed Assembly Bill 476, which strengthens penalties against illegal junk-and-metal dealers who purchase stolen copper wire.
From Los Angeles Times
Ms Bush said Matthew Upham, a local antiques dealer, was one of her "very dearest friends" who she had known for 30 years.
From BBC
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