dealerdeal‧er /ˈdiːlə $ -ər/ ●●○ W3 noun [countable] 
a dealer in modern art2someone who sells illegal drugs3someone who gives out playing cards in a game
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "The market has been strong," said one dealer.
- a car dealer
- According to a senior currency dealer, the pound is likely to continue to rise against the dollar.
- Make sure you buy your used car from an authorised dealer.
- She bought the painting from a Swiss art dealer.
- Battle continues: A lengthy battle between a scrap car dealer and Sedgefield District Council remains unresolved.
- But to secure a conviction they must show prove the culprits are professional dealers.
- Call loans are used by banks to adjust rates and by investment dealers to purchase securities.
- Customers will be linked to a local computer dealer, which will deliver the products.
- Die in Dayton builds the molds car manufacturers use for air bags, and Design Forum in Kettering designs dealer showrooms.
- That dealer is now a stockbroker.
- The memo urges dealers to take machines to Apple service providers for repairs or to call 1-800-SOS-APPL.
- To think so was to be conned by the art dealers.
Longman Language Activatorbuying and selling drugs
the illegal activity of taking drugs from one country to another and selling them: · He's wanted in the US on charges of drug trafficking.· The government's efforts to limit drug trafficking have mostly failed.
someone who sells illegal drugs, especially to someone that they know: · He was accused of purchasing cocaine from an Indianapolis drug dealer.· Police arrested a dealer yesterday who was selling marijuana to 12-year-olds.
someone who sells illegal drugs, especially in order to encourage people to start taking drugs: · A pusher approached us, asking if we wanted to buy any crack.· Being a university city, Oxford is an obvious target for the pushers.
a person or company that sells goods, shares etc a company or person that sells goods to the public in a shop - used especially in business contexts: · Our products are sold through the Body Shop and other well-known retailers.· Retailers face their slowest business period in January and February.clothing/furnishings/women's etc retailer: · Talbot's is a women's retailer with 20 stores in California.high-street retailer British (=a company that has shops in the main shopping area of several towns): · One high-street retailer has gone out of business.
a person or company that sells goods in large quantities and at low prices, especially to other companies that then sell the goods to the public: · The early morning market is for wholesalers only, the general public have to wait until later in the day.fish/meat/clothing etc wholesaler: · Fisherman are involved in a price dispute with fish wholesalers.
a person or company that buys and sells large quantities of goods such as wine, or basic materials such as coal and wood: · She was born in 1432, the daughter of a wealthy London merchant.arms/wine/antiques etc merchant: · an international arms merchant
a person or a company that buys and sells a particular type of goods, or that sells a particular company's products: · Make sure you buy your used car from an authorised dealer.· "The market has been strong," said one dealer.art/car/antique etc dealer: · She bought the painting from a Swiss art dealer.bond/securities/currency etc dealer: · According to a senior currency dealer, the pound is likely to continue to rise against the dollar.
someone who buys and sells goods, especially in a very far away place, or who buys and sells shares on the financial market: · Traders enter the amount of stock they want to buy or sell, and the computer calculates a price.fur/slave/arms etc trader: · Montreal was founded by French fur traders in the 17th century.bond/currency/stock etc trader: · Bond traders worried about inflation have driven up interest rates on long-term bonds.
the person who sells something to another person or company in a business deal: · Both buyer and seller should agree on the terms before the contract is signed.
someone who sells things illegally someone who buys and sells illegal drugs: · Dealers were selling heroin outside the stadium.· Drug pushers have been warned to stay away from the club.· Residents complain of cocaine and heroin dealers selling on the streets outside their homes.
British /scalper American someone who stands outside a sports event or concert and sells tickets for it at high prices: · Touts were selling tickets to the match for £50 or more.· Organisers of the concert were worried there would be trouble from ticket touts.· Scalpers wanted $150 for seats that normally sell for $40.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an antique dealer (=someone who buys and sells antiques)
an antique dealer (=someone who buys and sells antiques) (=someone who buys and sells used cars)· Car dealers reported a 4% drop in sales.
(=someone who sells drugs)· The city's streets are full of drug dealers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· It casts more doubt on Wallace's conviction in 1981 of the killing of his friend, antique dealer Jonathan Lewis.· Rudy was a loud-mouthed, crude man in flashy clothes who said he was an antique dealer.· He had come to find out more about the antique dealer.· Jasper had told me he had a store on East Twelfth Street, as do many antique dealers.· The chief organiser is Giancarlo Gallino, president of the Piedmontese association of antique dealers.· Last summer, a friend of mine, an antique dealer, had too much to drink.· Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.· An increase in subscriptions and a merger with the Syndicat des Antiquaires of antique dealers are both being considered.
· Dealing through licensed dealers can cost less than through stockbrokers, but usually costs more.· The rowdier element worked for licensed dealers, as opposed to stockbrokers.· Also early in 1988 licensed dealers such as Eyas Securities and Afcor Investments were closed down.· One of the most spectacular training methods at one licensed dealer was the floor contest.· The newsletters issued by licensed dealers, whether written in house, or anonymously by stockbrokers, tend towards propaganda.· Generally speaking, as fast as one licensed dealer goes into liquidation, another starts up.· Like it or not, licensed dealers, in one form or another, seem here to stay.· Directors of licensed dealers rarely have secure jobs.
· My local Rover main dealer says no.· It wants the consumer to decide after auditioning at a local dealer.· If you would like further details of the scheme, contact your local Motability motor dealer.· Your local dealer should be able to advise you as to which one to use.· It is available from your local dealer for £5.25.· Customers will be linked to a local computer dealer, which will deliver the products.· Your local dealer should have some empty shells for it to grow into.· City ordinances did little to protect the site, which was owned by a local car dealer.
· Simultaneously, three other dealers left of their own accord, disillusioned with the lack of fresh client coupons.· Of course they can only make a living in this way if they are faster than other dealers in the market.· The other seven new dealers are modern and contemporary specialists.· As the bargains were all processed, records were kept of what he and other dealers were doing.· If dealers were discovered looking for jobs from other licensed dealers, they would usually get fired on the spot.· The other dealers would join in.· To celebrate his fortune to come, he invited the other dealers for a drink that night at the local pub.· For their pains, they were paid more than almost any other dealers.
· In return for a freer hand in the currency market private dealers were expected to play a more active role in industrial investment.· Thirty-eight galleries and private dealers will be represented.· The three main outlets for reselling are auctions, specialist shops, private individuals or dealers.· So two private dealers are gaining recognition through their artists.· What will be your areas of activity as a private dealer, and what markets will you be targeting?· In our forthcoming activities as private dealers we will require no more than an administrative infrastructure.
NOUN· To think so was to be conned by the art dealers.· Flanking him was the smarmy art dealer Vincent Faunce and my cousin Alistair.· When asked, archivists and art dealers shrug and allude to the war.· It is no surprise to learn that an art dealer has closed down.· Gave ten thousand dollars for it to a little mustachioed froggy art dealer on the Boulevard Haussmann.· Larry's a builder, Robin's an art dealer, a refined, elegant and sensitive man.· Curators, art dealers, conservators, art donors and prospective donors seek his attention.
· Before completing his instalments, the customer without authority sold the car to Twitchings, a car dealer.· What must the car dealer have made of this client, a man from prehistory come to buy an automobile?· Battle continues: A lengthy battle between a scrap car dealer and Sedgefield District Council remains unresolved.· Many area used car dealers are having their inventory tested or offering to test before purchase.· Local car dealer Cowie, now regarded as the quality stock in the sector, also outperformed the market strongly.· Mr Lambert was a well-known car dealer in the town.· Ask your car dealer these questions: What security devices come as standard?· The usual illustration is a car dealer stating that one car is a better runner than another.
· Yesterday, the police denied that drug dealers were tipped off before the operation.· In the media world no one with the exception of cops and drug dealers ever works.· The plane crash involves Dave with drug dealers, killers and federal agents, all of whom threaten his peace and family.· In at least four cases, drug dealers have reclaimed the projects after the Guard pulled out, requiring a second invasion.· Bleak portraits of drug dealers, users, people who have been spent.· But the mayor conceded that the park faced serious problems from homeless campers as well as drug dealers and users.· Five years ago, the project and the neighborhood were held hostage by a drug dealer named Daryl Whiting.
· This afternoon, a Cheltenham man, former gun dealer Michael Burt, from Prestbury, appeared in court in connection with the shooting.· But one investigator suspected Russell of being an illegal gun dealer.· But some gun dealers have stopped selling replicas, because they're worried about them falling into the wrong hands.· Nationwide, the number of gun dealers dropped 45 percent from 1993 to 1995.· The information will help law enforcement authorities trace ownership of the weapon back to the original gun dealer.· The agreement with Smith & Wesson has effectively fallen apart after boycotts by gun dealers and customers hurt the company.
VERB· In 1968 I worked in a Hereford scrapyard, where we bought bones from several dealers who collected them from butchers.· The advise from Trading Standards is to buy from a reputable dealer.· The Charger and its stunt double were chosen for a bit of variety and had to be bought from a local dealer.· They buy always from fellow dealers, never at auction, and now exhibit at a dozen major fairs each year.· Although he said he'd bought them from another dealer, the police proved he'd been handling stolen goods.
· They can not compete with dealers who offer a warranty, cash discount, credit, part-ex and back-up etc.· Most scooter dealers offer such services for between $ 40 and $ 70.· Even an experienced dealer would offer only limited advice.· But the dealer was offered the job.· Although the list prices of machines sold direct are cheaper, many dealers are able to offer large discounts on their stock.· Another new phenomenon was the downturn in dealers offering works fresh out of the salerooms.· Car dealers are found to offer better deals to white people than black.· Licensed dealers may offer facilities for trading in options.
· He can sell Chevrolets to Ford dealers.· Liverpool magistrates heard that the illegal videos he sold to dealers all over Britain included scenes of cannibalism and disembowel ment.· They sell dope to drug dealers, whom they later assassinate.· This case involved an unroadworthy car sold by a dealer to the finance company to the debtor on hire purchase.· Saatchi sneezes and the art world shivers: Charles Saatchi has been selling paintings and the dealers are worried.
WORD FAMILYnoundealdealerdealingsverbdeal
1someone who buys and sells a particular product, especially an expensive onecar/antique/art etc dealerdealer in a dealer in modern art2someone who sells illegal drugs3someone who gives out playing cards in a game- nasty
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- National Airport
- national anthem
- National Archives
- National Basketball Association
- National Cancer Institute
- National Centre for Popular Music
- National Childbirth Trust
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- National Conference
- national costume
- National Curriculum
- national debt
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- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Enquirer, The
- National Exhibition Centre
- National Express
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