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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Primary dealers were left with just 2.5%, their smallest share since the financial crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
For car dealers, too, the expansion of Chinese brands is a boon after a slow postpandemic recovery and showroom closures by Ford and Stellantis.
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
Tailors, leather workers, cobblers, tanners, weavers, spice dealers, peddlers, merchants, silversmiths, goldsmiths—a whole wonderful community that lived and worked together and flourished—are being forced to leave.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
