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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. method or manner of conduct in relation to others;
- Example: "honest dealing"

2. the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities);
- Example: "no transactions are possible without him"
- Example: "he has always been honest is his dealings with me"
[syn: transaction, dealing, dealings]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Deal \Deal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dealt (d[e^]lt); p. pr. & vb. n. Dealing.] [OE. delen, AS. d[=ae]lan, fr. d[=ae]l share; akin to OS. d[=e]lian, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel. deila, Sw. dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan. See Deal, n.] 1. To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out. [1913 Webster] Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? --Is. lviii. 7. [1913 Webster] And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold. --Tickell. [1913 Webster] The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. --Gay. [1913 Webster] Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dealing \Deal"ing\, n. The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person. [1913 Webster] Double dealing, insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity. Plain dealing, fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dealing n 1: method or manner of conduct in relation to others; "honest dealing" 2: the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me" [syn: transaction, dealing, dealings]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

72 Moby Thesaurus words for "dealing": ESP, agency, answer, balance of trade, barter, bartering, big business, brokerage, business, business dealings, buying and selling, commerce, commercial affairs, commercial relations, communication, communion, congress, connection, contact, conversation, converse, correspondence, dealings, doing business, exchange, fair trade, free trade, give-and-take, horse trading, industry, information, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interplay, jobbing, linguistic intercourse, market, marketing, mercantile business, merchandising, merchantry, message, multilateral trade, reciprocal trade, reply, response, restraint of trade, retailing, small business, social intercourse, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, swapping, talking, telepathy, the business world, the marketplace, touch, trade, trading, traffic, trafficking, truck, two-way communication, unilateral trade, wheeling and dealing, wholesaling