WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dealings n 1: social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') [syn: dealings, traffic] 2: mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups [syn: relations, dealings] 3: 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]