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dealing, vbl. n.|ˈdiːlɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb deal.
1. a. Division; distribution (of gifts, blows, cards, etc.); sharing.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xix. 374 Þorw bedes-byddynge and..þorw penyes delynge. 1382Wyclif Num. xxxvi. 4 The delynge [1388 departyng] of lottis. 1382― 1 Cor. x. 16 The delynge or part takynge of the body of the Lord. a1400–50Alexander 451 In delingis of dyntis. a1533Frith Disput. Purgatory §27 All thyne Executours dealyng, and offeryng of masse pence, help thee not a myte. a1602W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 347 Others that..iudge the very dealing of the cardes to bee a lotte. 1885J. Martineau Types Eth. Th. I. i. ii. §3. 161 If this dealing out of ideas by exigency is assigned to God.
attrib.1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 1257/2 His feeding..all commers thrise a weeke appointed for his dealing daies.
†b. concr. A part, division. Obs.
a1300E.E. Psalter cxxxv. 13 Þat delt the Rede See in delinges wele.
2. Intercourse, friendly or business communication, connexion. Now usually pl.
1538Starkey England i. ii. 38 To loue euery man iche other, wyth al ryghtwyse and just delyng togyddur. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretarie i. (1625) 92 About two moneths since, he had dealings with a neighbour of yours, touching a Farme. 1611Bible John iv. 9 The Iewes haue no dealings with the Samaritanes. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 55 The dealing or business that is between body and body, being as real as that between body and ghost. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull i. viii, Hocus had dealings with John's wife. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 678 It was rumoured..he had dealings with St. Germains.
3. Trading, trafficking; buying and selling.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 234 Such as would not be impos'd upon, will find the best Ware and Dealing at Brumpton-Park. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. iii. (ed. 3) 22 Where dealings are transacted on a large scale, it is not difficult for commodities to be exchanged against commodities.
4. a. Acting (in some specified way) towards others; way of acting, conduct, behaviour.
1483Caxton G. de la Tour E vij b, For of good delyng and of good guydynge cam neuer but worship and honoure. c1500Melusine 310 His vnkynd & abhomynable deelyng. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cxxvii. 154 To ryde out to se the dealyng of thenglysshmen. 1573G. Harvey Lett.-bk. (Camden) 1 A present redres of so wrongful delings. 1674in Essex Papers (Camden) I. 176 The unworthy dealing of Sir Robt Howard. 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 37 Want of faithful dealing in the highest matters.
b. with with: Acting towards, treatment of.
a1679T. Goodwin Wks. (1861) III. 288 What if God will use his absoluteness..in this his dealing with his children. 1718Hickes & Nelson J. Kettlewell ii. lvi. 175 Such a Dealing with their Soveraign as they..would not have allowed in any of their own..Servants. 1885Spectator 8 Aug. 1043/1 The fluctuations of policy which have marked England's dealings with the Soudan.
5. attrib., dealing-book (Stock Exch.).
1899Westm. Gaz. 19 July 8/2 Dealing-books that have been innocent for weeks of more than two or three bargains a day have been filling rapidly. 1907Ibid. 25 Mar. 9/3 There..is one man very much absorbed in his dealing-book. |