dealership

noun

deal·​er·​ship ˈdē-lər-ˌship 

: an authorized sales agency

an automobile dealership

Examples of dealership in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meyers had taken the pickup truck from a Michigan City car dealership for a test drive and failed to return it, the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department told WBND Channel 57 in South Bend. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2026

At the end of the season, the bright-red Maserati was sent to a Carroll Shelby Sports Cars dealership, owned by Dick Hall, in Dallas, Tex. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 10 July 2026

Haiken says his dealership will have to find new uses for some of its facilities — and other dealers are likely also wrestling with hard decisions. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 10 July 2026

While still on the scene — every on-the-run criminal’s favorite place to lie low, a Kohl’s parking lot — the cops explained that the license plates on Feder’s Range Rover had been reported stolen by a dealership in Los Angeles. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dealership

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