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dealing

[ dee-ling ]

/ ˈdi lɪŋ /

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noun

Usually dealings. relations; business: frequent dealings; commercial dealings.

conduct in relations to others; treatment: honest dealing.

Origin of dealing

First recorded in 1250–1300, dealing is from the Middle English word deling. See deal¹, -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM dealing

pre·deal·ing, noun un·der·deal·ing, noun

Words nearby dealing

dealcoholize, dealer, dealer's choice, dealership, dealfish, dealing, dealing box, dealings, dealmaker, dealt, deambulatory

Example sentences from the Web for dealings

That victory for the tab became a bargaining chip in all future dealings with the superstar.

I Warned You About Bill Cosby in 2007 |Mark Ebner |November 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Did you come away liking him or less after everything you learned and after all your dealings with him?

A Full-Length Bill Cosby Portrait: From Track Star to Ugly Sweaters |Scott Porch |September 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Zvyagintsev was only a bit more forthcoming when we discussed his dealings with Andrei Medinsky, the Russian minister of culture.

Inside ‘Leviathan’: Russian Filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Award-Winning Anti-Putin Cannes Film |Richard Porton |May 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And Watkins of Open Carry Texas reports success in dealings with Texas law enforcement.

The Scare Campaign of Open Carry Activists |Brandy Zadrozny |November 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Cuccinelli was cleared of wrongdoing in his dealings with Star Scientific, the company at the center of the storm.

Why the GOP May Lose Virginia’s Statehouse |Jamelle Bouie |August 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
They will not teach you to be just and true in all your dealings.

Town and Country Sermons |Charles Kingsley
This also he had learnt in the course of his dealings with the world.

From One Generation to Another |Henry Seton Merriman
Your lovely soul can have no dealings with our common flesh.

The Bright Messenger |Algernon Blackwood
Many people began to remember things that had looked particularly suspicious in his dealings.

The Sport of the Gods |Paul Laurence Dunbar
His opinions on, and dealings in that product were famous in the land.

The Impostor |Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for dealings

dealings

/ (ˈdiːlɪŋz) /

pl n

(sometimes singular) transactions or business relations