dealer

noun

1
as in trader
a buyer and seller of goods for profit a dealer in fine fabrics

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2
as in seller
the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money if both the dealer and the buyer are happy, then the item sold at a fair price

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Recent Examples of dealer The gallery, which was founded in New York by the eponymous German mega-dealer in 1993, later opened its flagship Los Angeles space, designed by architect Annabelle Selldorf, in May 2024. — News Desk, Artforum, 7 Aug. 2026 Advertisement The rag-tag kitchen crew included an ex-con and part-time methadone dealer who worked the salad station. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026 Car dealers have long been local businesses deeply embedded in their communities. — Sean Tucker, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The historic antiquing trail features more than 500 dealers. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The following year his elder brother, Ricky, was killed by a rival dealer. — Leah Rachel Von Essen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 So Goode turned to Tom Crutchfield, a reptile dealer in South Florida, to provide giant lizards and snakes. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026 The person who bought the top finishing rubber duck won an all-new Chevy Trax from Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana Chevrolet dealers. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Authorities said fentanyl can be sold as pills, with some online dealers claiming the pills are Xanax, Percocet or oxycodone. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dealer
  1. trader
  2. seller
  3. merchant
  4. vendor
Noun
  • Gold steadied after its biggest weekly gain since January, with traders assessing a surprise contraction in the US jobs market that allayed concerns around an interest-rate hike.
    — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Fed funds futures traders now price in a roughly 44% likelihood that the central bank raises rates at its September meeting, down from a 67% reading seen a week prior, according to CME's FedWatch tool.
    — Justina Lee,Alex Harring, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of trader
Noun
  • That creates sellers who are responding to portfolio construction rather than valuation.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Greater currency stability gives buyers and sellers more confidence that a valuation agreed today will still hold when a deal closes or an investor eventually exits.
    — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of seller
Noun
  • But Norwich City were here long before the by-now-familiar array of bargain stores, DIY merchants and shoe shops that can be found a couple of hundred yards away.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The project, which is expected to take two years, has brought construction noise, dust and the loss of nearby parking spaces, all of which merchants say have driven customers away.
    — Maddie White, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of merchant
Noun
  • Somebody on the vendor side said that if American companies slow down here, somebody else wins.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Driscoll said this process ensures that these companies, which do not need to have existing contracts but might one day become vendors to the government, will have access to a test range within 30 days of requesting it.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of vendor

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“Dealer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dealer. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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