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dealing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English delynge, from Old English dǣling; equivalent to deal + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (in-plural) A business transaction.
  2. One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with others.
    • Shylock: O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others![…] c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

Forms

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dealings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

slavedealing · wheeler-dealing · double-dealing · inside dealing · underdealing · plain dealing · wheeling and dealing · fair dealing · switch dealing · insider dealing

dealing en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English delynge, from Old English dǣling; equivalent to deal + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of deal
    form of deal