dealer
pronunciation
How to pronounce dealer in British English:
UK [ˈdiːlə(r)]
How to pronounce dealer in American English:
US [ˈdiːlər]
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- Noun:
- someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
- a firm engaged in trading
- a seller of illicit goods
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
- the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game
Word Origin
- dealer (n.)
- Old English dælere "divider, distributor; agent, negotiator," agent noun from deal (v.). 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.
Example
- 1. Also that another major dealer had confirmed his findings .
- 2. His roots were modest-his father was a used-car dealer .
- 3. The market is undertaking its own risk assessment of another approved primary dealer .
- 4. Manhattan dealer richard feigen contends that this pattern is hardly new .
- 5. Ben janssen , an asian art dealer and tefaf chairman , defends this system .