dealer
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.
Cards. the player distributing the cards.
a person who behaves or acts toward another or others in a specified manner: a plain dealer.
Slang. a person who buys and sells drugs illegally.
a person who buys securities for their own account and retains them until sold to another.
Origin of dealer
1Other words from dealer
- pre·deal·er, noun
- sub·deal·er, noun
- Compare stockbroker.
Words Nearby dealer
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How to use dealer in a sentence
It includes key product descriptions, promotional information, and local dealer information.
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Elon Musk busts Clubhouse limit, fans stream to YouTube, he switches to interviewing Robinhood CEO | Mike Butcher | February 1, 2021 | TechCrunchWhile local gearheads will have to wait at least until spring for our show, there are already plenty of head-turning vehicles rolling onto dealer lots.
The man, 52-year-old Rodrick Dow Craythorn, had been hunting for a buried treasure chest hidden 10 years ago by an antiquities dealer named Forrest Fenn.
Fenn treasure hunter pleads guilty for damage caused in Yellowstone Park | Jennifer Ouellette | January 12, 2021 | Ars TechnicaIt meant renting a room in our Harlem neighborhood, wearing the flyest kicks around, and, thanks to his new occupation as a 17-year-old drug dealer, offering me the single best clothing item I owned as a teenager.
Angie Thomas’ New Prequel to The Hate U Give Challenges the Cult of Masculinity | Cleyvis Natera | January 12, 2021 | Time
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
Then he was returned to the same unit to face his debts; the drug dealer asked for this favor and got it.
A report by the Cleveland Plain dealer describes balloons being released into the night sky.
The Cleveland Cops Who Fired 137 Shots and Cried Victim | Michael Daly | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer father, a diamond dealer, moved the family from Tel-Aviv to New York when Kalman was four.
This was to Serge Sorokko, the art dealer, with whom she moved to San Francisco, where he has a gallery on Geary.
Tatiana Sorokko Is the Queen of Vintage Couture | Anthony Haden-Guest | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith childlike confidence he follows the advice of some more or less honest dealer.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsIt is difficult to make, and should be purchased ready prepared from a reliable dealer.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddA pupil had loaned money to a horse-dealer who lived at No. 715 of a certain street.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)In Havana, were a man to ask for a Flor del Fumar, the dealer would ask him what size he wanted.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Amongst our supporters we had some excellent witnesses, one, a well-known cattle dealer, named Martin Ryan.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for dealer
/ (ˈdiːlə) /
a person or firm engaged in commercial purchase and sale; trader: a car dealer
cards the person who distributes the cards
slang a person who sells illegal drugs
Derived forms of dealer
- dealership, noun
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