- present participle of deal.
dealing
Americannoun
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Usually dealings. relations; business.
frequent dealings; commercial dealings.
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conduct in relations to others; treatment.
honest dealing.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of dealing
First recorded in 1250–1300, dealing is from the Middle English word deling. See deal 1, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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At the same time, he says, young adults are dealing with parents who are understandably more anxious thanks to an increasingly uncertain world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The 32-year-old two-way Japanese sensation also won’t be dealing from the mound again this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
His team has found that someone dealing with hearing and/or vision loss is at higher risk of fraud.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
If both systems ruptured within a short period, multiple major metropolitan areas could be dealing with severe damage at nearly the same time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Wachovia, amazingly, remained willing to sell cheap insurance on subprime mortgage bonds; the risk its credit officers were unwilling to take was the risk of dealing directly with Cornwall Capital.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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