We’ve had dealings with him in the past.dealingdeal‧ing /ˈdiːlɪŋ/ ●○○ noun 
his financial dealingsdealing with She is ruthless in her dealings with competitors. We’ve had dealings with him in the past.2[uncountable] the activity of buying, selling, or doing business with people: penalties for drug dealingplain/honest/fair dealing (=a particular way of doing business) a reputation for fair dealing → insider dealing at insider trading, wheeling and dealing
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The mayor wants to end all drug dealing in the city.
- But then people go on about his past, the drug dealing and that.
- First, schedule 3 to the Act exempts some exclusive dealing arrangements.
- On occasions when the whole dealing room was punting out the stock, the price might climb even further.
- Other aspects to consider are charges, possible conflicts of interest, and efficiency in dealing and settlement.
- The argument advanced here is that insider dealing is the sort of conduct which ought to be criminal.
- The second change would be to make the insider dealing law more effective.
- When the manager refused it, she got up and ran back upstairs to the dealing floor.
- Yet most countries now have rules against insider dealing, not least because it can put outside investors off securities markets.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We’ve had dealings with him in the past. allegations of improper banking practices improper sexual conduct
We’ve had dealings with him in the past. (=a particular way of doing business) a reputation for fair dealing
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a reputation for fair dealing allegations of improper banking practices improper sexual conduct (=buying and selling shares as a business)· He was convicted of illegal share dealing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The normal fair dealing provisions apply otherwise.· He was a man to whom fair dealing came naturally and he was a just, if firm, master.
· Determining the costs and benefits of regulating insider dealing is by no means a straight forward task.· In all countries, insider dealing will continue as long as profits can be made from it.· Making companies release important information more quickly could do more to curb insider dealing than any laws.· Do moral arguments provide an unsatisfactory basis upon which to prohibit insider dealing?· The issue of whether insider dealing is efficient or inefficient is problematic.· Equally, legitimizing insider dealing could encourage managers to invest in risky projects.· Yet most countries now have rules against insider dealing, not least because it can put outside investors off securities markets.· Yet there has also been dismay that concern over insider dealing may threaten the flow of information.
NOUN· But then people go on about his past, the drug dealing and that.· And the police warn they will be more raids in Milton Keynes if they hear drug dealing has started up again.· Gary Richman will be sentenced once investigators have discovered just how much money he made from his drug dealing.· He believes it funds drug dealing and he wants the Home Office to take it seriously.· Five former employees at the post office had already been indicted on charges of drug dealing and embezzlement.· Police say they were astonished at the openness of the drug dealing.
· Bribery is rife in jockeying for good positions on the dealing floor of some firms.· When the manager refused it, she got up and ran back upstairs to the dealing floor.· At 5.30 p.m. the resigning director appeared on the dealing floor.· Once a brash young dealer arrived on the dealing floor of Tudorbury Securities.· After lunch, AEs are given a sales motivational talk, then are whisked on to the dealing floor.· He started pacing the dealing floor.
· But the dealing room was not exclusively Tory.· On occasions when the whole dealing room was punting out the stock, the price might climb even further.· He was the dealing room bully, and dealers quaked in their boots at the thought of being put in his team.· Many looked incongruously stiff in the casual-looking dealing room where they were interviewed.· Suddenly the entire dealing room used to explode into a harsh crescendo of directed shouting.· The Leeds has a full treasury dealing room.· I slunk through the dealing room to Patterson's office and got there just as he did.· Thus deliveries of quotes started getting held up, slowing the pace of the entire dealing room.
· It is thought that there has been some element of a share dealing ring in the Dunsdale case.· However, since Stamp Duty has already been removed from share dealing, why has he set a moratorium on house purchase?
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1dealings [plural] the business activities or relationships that someone is involved in: - The secret dealings of his department were made public.
his financial dealingsdealing with She is ruthless in her dealings with competitors. We’ve had dealings with him in the past.2[uncountable] the activity of buying, selling, or doing business with people: penalties for drug dealingplain/honest/fair dealing (=a particular way of doing business) a reputation for fair dealing → insider dealing at insider trading, wheeling and dealing