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dealer

[dee-ler] Origin

deal·er

[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 his or her account and retains them until sold to another.
Compare stockbroker.


Origin:
before 1000; Middle English delere, Old English dǣlere. See deal1, -er1

pre·deal·er, noun
sub·deal·er, noun
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dealer (ˈdiːlə)
 
n
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
 
'dealership
 
n

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dealer
O.E. dælere, agent noun from deal. Meaning "player who passes out the cards in a game" is from c.1600; meaning "one who deals in merchandise" is from 1610s. Illegal drug sense is recorded by 1920. Related: Dealership (1916).
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