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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dealer
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a car dealer (=someone who buys and sells used cars)
▪ Car dealers reported a 4% drop in sales.
a drug dealer/pusher (=someone who sells drugs)
▪ The city's streets are full of drug dealers.
antique dealer (=someone who buys and sells antiques)
▪ an antique dealer
double dealer
drug dealer
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
antique
▪ 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.
licensed
▪ 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.
local
▪ 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.
other
▪ 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.
private
▪ 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
art
▪ 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.
car
▪ 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.
drug
▪ 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.
gun
▪ 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 &038; Wesson has effectively fallen apart after boycotts by gun dealers and customers hurt the company.
■ VERB
buy
▪ 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.
offer
▪ 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.
sell
▪ 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.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "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.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ 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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dealer

Dealer \Deal"er\, n.

  1. One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.

  2. One who distributes cards to the players.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
dealer

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.

Wiktionary
dealer

n. 1 One who deals things, especially automobiles; a middleman. 2 One who peddles illicit drugs, especially to teenagers. 3 A particular type of stock broker or trader. 4 The person who deals the cards in a card game.

WordNet
dealer
  1. n. someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold [syn: trader, bargainer, monger]

  2. a firm engaged in trading

  3. a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods"

  4. the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account [syn: principal]

  5. the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game

Wikipedia
Dealer

Dealer may refer to:

  • Dealer (franchising), a person who sells on behalf of a company or organization, particularly in the automobile industry
  • Antique dealer, someone who sells antiques
  • Art dealer or gallerist, a person or company that buys and sells works of art
  • Broker-dealer, a business firm that buys and sells securities before selling the securities to customers
  • Car dealership
  • Croupier or poker dealer, the player who deals cards, or the employee of a gaming establishment who deals the cards
  • Drug dealer, a person who sells illegal drugs

In arts and entertainment:

  • "Dealer", a song by Deep Purple from their 1975 album, Come Taste the Band
  • "Dealer", a song by Traffic from their 1967 album, Mr. Fantasy and later covered by Santana on their 1978 album, Inner Secrets
  • Dealers (film), a 1989 British film
  • Dealers (TV series), a reality television series where five art and antique dealers bid on items

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Usage examples of "dealer".

London dealer to the farmer who manufactured the cheese: he declared that he had bought the anotta of a mercantile traveller, who had supplied him and his neighbours for years with that commodity, without giving occasion to a single complaint.

Boeing 727 that had gone missing from Luanda, Angola, had been stolen by or for a Russian arms dealer by the name of Vasily Respin either for parts to be used by one of his enterprises or to be sold to others.

DCI was prepared to hang another major out to dry for doing his job in Angola and was far more interested in covering his ass about his connections with this Russian arms dealer than getting the intelligence that was apparently there for the asking.

After being mustered out of the Home Guard, I worked as a bouncer and blackjack dealer in one of the rougher Nine Tails casinos, served as a bargemaster on the upper reaches of the Kans for two rainy seasons, and then trained as a gardener on some of the Beak estates under the landscape artist Avrol Hume.

My first act as Sheriff will be to install, on the courthouse lawn, a bastinado platform and a set of stocks -- in order to punish dishonest dope dealers in a proper public fashion.

The insect dealer held the bow down with his foot, and slipped the bowstring in place.

Only the arms dealers and drug-runners are thriving She pulled the sleeve of her burka back to look at her watch.

Two Miami policemen recently were busted for allegedly trying to sell guns and badges to drug dealers, while several others are being investigated for crimes including murder, robbery and, ironically, home invasions.

His homily led off with such fulsome praise of Monsieur, that, from that day forward, he lost all his credit, and sensible people thereafter only looked upon him as a vile sycophant, a mere dealer in flattery and fairy-tales.

McGraw was supposed to tell the Squid that Lo Manto was a dealer from Italy looking to dump a high-six-figure load of pure heroin on the New York streets.

Perm, and it was while waiting for a couple of days at a wayside station in a state of suspended locomotion that he made the acquaintance of a dealer in harness and metalware, who profitably whiled away the tedium of the long halt by initiating his English travelling companion in a fragmentary system of folk-lore that he had picked up from Trans-Baikal traders and natives.

As a practical guide in determining the genuineness of a work, the monogram, from the skill and precision with which fraudulent dealers have learned to counterfeit it in almost all its varieties, has long been far worse than equivocal, and the authorship of a picture must, now-a-days, often be decided on entirely independent grounds.

Like, for instance, her cousin Stella, who had fallen in love with a musha dealer and given him the family codes.

It was only after a long search that Passepartout discovered a native dealer in old clothes, to whom he applied for an exchange.

Richard Hatteras, at your service, commonly called Dick, of Thursday Island, North Queensland, pearler, copra merchant, beche-de-mer and tortoise-shell dealer, and South Sea trader generally.