dealing

A business transaction.

Noun

  1. 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...

Origin

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

Forms

dealings

Derived

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

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of deal