dealership

[ dee-ler-ship ]

noun

1. authorization to sell a commodity:

   He got the dealership for the area after a long investigation into his credit status.

2. a sales agency or distributor having such authorization.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dealership¹

First recorded in 1915–20; dealer + -ship

Example Sentences

Ford also plans to continue its free medical-grade face mask distribution — 120 million in communities hard-hit by the coronavirus across the United States — at local dealerships and nonprofits through the middle of this year.

From Washington Post

He also had various business interests, including auto dealerships and restaurants.

From Washington Post

In the end, Wilson, who works at a car dealership, went to the District’s Roosevelt High School.

From Washington Post

Reports have also said that the US-based firm will be importing the cars as completely built units to India and won’t be selling them via dealerships.

From Quartz

Everywhere Mabry went, he seemed to run into someone he knew, either from the dealership or from working the door outside his brother’s club, the Old Skool Lounge.

From ProPublica

The dealership called the Hercules team “right then and there,” Pedro Sr. said.

From The Daily Beast

He had the vehicles moved to the curb outside the dealership.

From The Daily Beast

But Carbiz, a used-car dealership in Baltimore, initially wouldn't say if it was cutting Rice loose.

From The Daily Beast

Darci Brown, owner of a car dealership in Greenfield, Mass., has bred dogs as a hobby for 30 years.

From The Daily Beast

Is Pat Roberts aware that Dodge City has a fine Chrysler dealership?

From The Daily Beast

The single solid basis of his success was his thorough knowledge of cattle—his proficiency in dealership.

From Project Gutenberg

You see, it's a factory franchise dealership and they changed it to Downtown Lincoln-Mercury.

From Project Gutenberg