dealing

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːlɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
• Hyphenation: deal‧ing

Noun

dealing (plural dealings)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A business transaction.
2. One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with 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]:

     Shylock:
     O father Abram, what these Christians are,
     Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
     The thoughts of others! […]

Derived terms

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

Verb

dealing

1. present participle and gerund of deal

Anagrams

• Negidal, adeling, aligned, dealign, diangle, lagenid, leading, leidang