Dictionary

dealership en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdiːləʃɪp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (England, South) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.? Proto-Germanic *dailiz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *dailijaną Old English dǣlan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Old English dǣlere Middle English delare English dealer Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English dealership From dealer + -ship.

Meanings

1. A place that sells items, especially cars.
   • It comes as a series of weekly protests branded “Tesla Takedown” have occurred at various locations across the U.S., which has seen a number of vehicles set on fire and various charging stations and dealerships vandalized by protesters. On Tuesday, a masked man used molotov cocktails to firebomb a Tesla dealership in Las Vegas before firing rounds into the burning vehicles. 2025 March 19, Tom Sanders, “Anti-Musk Hackers Share Names and Addresses of Tesla Owners”, in The Daily Beast:
   • I visited the car dealership today.

Forms

Deriveds

nondealership · stealership

Translations (16)

nl dealer (a place that sells items, especially cars) · pt concessionária (a place that sells items, especially cars) · fr concessionnaire (a place that sells items, especially cars) · cmn 車行 /车行 (a place that sells items, especially cars) · ru аге́нтство (a place that sells items, especially cars) · de Verkaufsvertretung (a place that sells items, especially cars) · es automotora (a place that sells items, especially cars) · pl autogiełda (a place that sells items, especially cars) · it concessionaria (a place that sells items, especially cars) · it concessionario (a place that sells items, especially cars) · fi myymälä (a place that sells items, especially cars) · sv återförsäljare (a place that sells items, especially cars) · fi autoliike (car dealership) (a place that sells items, especially cars) · fi liike (a place that sells items, especially cars) · es concesionaria (a place that sells items, especially cars) · es concesionario (a place that sells items, especially cars)