dealer
noun
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler.
dealers
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pluralof dealer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Indirect bidders, which include foreign institutions, took more than 80% of the issue, while primary dealers were left with just 2.5%.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Less than two years later, the brand has sold almost 87,000 cars in the U.K., including the smaller Jaecoo 5 launched last fall—a success that took dealers and the company by surprise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
As a reporter for the Sunday World newspaper, he had built a reputation for stories which exposed paramilitaries and drug dealers operating in Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Analysts said traders were presented with a "Goldilocks" batch of figures that provided a fillip to equities on Wall Street as the dealers revised lower the likelihood of a second successive interest rate hike.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Lenders will raise their standards; rating agencies will take a closer look; and no dealers in their right mind will sell insurance on subprime mortgage bonds at anything like the prices they’ve been selling it.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
