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dealer

[ dee-ler ]

noun

  1. a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:

    I got a dealer's discount on this coat.

  2. Cards. the player distributing the cards.
  3. a person who behaves or acts toward another or others in a specified manner:

    a plain dealer.

  4. Slang. a person who buys and sells drugs illegally.
  5. a person who buys securities for their own account and retains them until sold to another.


dealer

/ ˈ徱ːə /

noun

  1. a person or firm engaged in commercial purchase and sale; trader

    a car dealer

  2. cards the person who distributes the cards
  3. slang.
    a person who sells illegal drugs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲹱ˌ󾱱, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·𲹱İ noun
  • ܲ·𲹱İ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dealer1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English delere, Old English ǣ. See deal 1, -er 1
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Louis Ahearne told jurors he believed he was there to commit a burglary or robbery of a drug dealer's house.

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Released today, it's a free-associating rampage through a messy night out, that ends with epiphany in a drug dealer's apartment.

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It works with jewelers, miners, pawnbrokers and dealers to “convert materials into marketable, high-purity gold products while ensuring transparency and competitive settlements.”

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But since Ola had eschewed the established dealer route in a bid to sell directly to buyers and had just a few service centres, aggrieved consumers had few places to turn to.

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The sophistication is there in its style and confidence, in how it lays out this story with the clean, cruel menace of a poker dealer who has planned out exactly how the house will win.

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