What (who) is dealer - definition
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Dealers; Dealer (disambiguation); The Dealer
dealer
n.
1) an art; book; car; junk dealer
2) a dealer in (a dealer in rare books)
dealer
(dealers)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A dealer is a person whose business involves buying and selling things. (BUSINESS)
...an antique dealer.
...dealers in commodities and financial securities.
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see also wheeler-dealer
2.
A dealer is someone who buys and sells illegal drugs.
They aim to clear every dealer from the street.
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Dealer
·noun One who distributes cards to the players.
II. Dealer ·noun One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; ·esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.
Pronunciation examples for dealer
1. dealer.
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2. Dealer writer.
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3. go down to your audio dealer, your audiophile dealer.
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4. And they'll go, former drug dealer, former crack dealer,
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5. A charming dealer.
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Examples of use of dealer
1. Heroin dealer Police in Athens yesterday arrested a 3'–year–old suspected heroin dealer after an officer posed as a potential supplier.
2. Hawass said Egypt and the dealer were eventually able to resolve the question of the bust‘s ownership out of court without Egypt paying the dealer any money.
3. Just because an illegal gun is traced to a certain dealer, he says, it doesn‘t necessarily mean that dealer did anything wrong.
4. In 2004, Ferri had a hand in prosecuting an Italian dealer named Giacomo Medici, an associate of Hecht‘s, the French art dealer.
5. According to an agreement between the insurance company and the car dealer, the compensation to the relatives of the dead — SR400,000 — was to be paid by the dealer.