Definition of dealing in English:
dealing
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noun
1usually dealingsA business relation or transaction.
‘they had dealings with an insurance company’- ‘We're certainly looking into real estate transactions and business dealings.’
- ‘They have achieved that through sound business dealings and good management.’
- ‘Settlements and compromises in business dealings are made through mediation and discussion.’
- ‘A senior figure from the business community likened his dealings with Mulvihill to those with Japanese businessmen.’
- ‘A hundred years ago Bradford's beautiful Wool Exchange resounded with dealings of bowler-hatted haggling merchants.’
- ‘Soros professes his allegiance to two masters: maximizing private profit in his market dealings and the public good in his philanthropy.’
- ‘Tang has asked the public to put up with a jittery stock market while his government cracks down on illicit dealings among politicians and businessmen.’
- ‘Now this is, by all outward appearances, an adult, grown woman who seemed to have her faculties about her and could engage in reasonable dealings in the business world.’
- ‘As a consequence of their experience dealing with the private sector, the public is becoming accustomed to transparent transactions in their commercial dealings.’
- ‘This focus on broader engagement is further emphasised when it comes to the organisation's dealings with the business community.’
- ‘As a result, the firm will need to have very scrupulous business practices in its dealings with those to whom it sells its services.’
- ‘The probe appears to center on his dealings with several businesses in his district, including one that reportedly paid off some of his credit card bills’
- ‘There are millions who never resort to violence or abuse others, who never are dishonest, selfish or greedy in their business dealings.’
- ‘After bringing the railways to the city, he fell from grace over dodgy financial dealings.’
- ‘All sides were bound by shady dealings in drugs and weapons.’
- ‘I have never had any financial dealings or any financial contact with him, " added Mr Lowry.’
- ‘Whatever your feelings about his illegal dealings with an Indian bookmaker, he was a real leader of men.’
- ‘She too was upset at city council for backroom dealings.’
- ‘He knew them from previous dealings on behalf of the company of which he had been a director.’
- ‘Neither had been unduly concerned about the initial probe into foreign exchange dealings at the bank.’
business methods, business practices, business, commerce, trading, trafficking, marketing, merchandising, transactions, financial transactionsView synonyms- 1.1A personal connection or association with someone.‘my dealings with David consisted of giving him his late-night formula’
- ‘The original draft called for associates to refrain from ‘all social intercourse and dealings with disloyal persons’.’
- ‘The strange thing is I hardly know the fellow and have had no personal dealings with him.’
- ‘A kind, good natured and most conscientious gentleman, Jimmy was well qualified in his career and always brought the personal touch to his dealings with people.’
- ‘I said that I'd always kept all my dealings and associations out in the open, and that I wouldn't do it, thank you.’
- ‘He was a thoroughly ethical person in all his dealings, personal and political.’
- ‘Pleasant and affable in his dealings with people, he commanded great regard throughout the community.’
- ‘But I know from everyday dealings with people dealing with difficult moral situations that the subtlety or complexity of the issues they face can be almost overwhelming.’
- ‘They emphasised that volunteers must be non-judgmental in their dealings with people and non-directive in their counselling.’
- ‘He was very gracious in his dealings with people.’
- ‘‘Confidence in the system starts with people's everyday dealings with the police,’ Wallace rightly points out.’
- ‘He is a people person, as is demonstrated in his career, which meant constant dealings with people, and in his concern about the problems of people of all ages in New Zealand.’
- ‘The service provided guarantees complete confidentiality in all dealings and contacts with victims and all services are provided free of charge.’
- ‘I'm finding that I'm starting to incorporate honesty a bit more often into my dealings with people lately.’
- ‘Yet, he was most diplomatic in his dealings with people of other persuasions, always respecting their views and loyalties.’
- ‘I think one thing about it is just that day to day, in my dealings with people, my mother raised me right, so I try to be polite.’
- ‘Does that also make me less open in my dealings with my fellow man?’
- ‘In fact, stereotypical thinking plays a more powerful role in our dealings with people from other cultures than we care to admit.’
- ‘A man of many noble qualities, Frank was always conscientious in his dealings with people.’
- ‘So it is little surprise that teachers feel this collapse of their authority in their dealings with young people.’
- ‘My only direct dealing with the intelligence services was as a Minister of the Crown involved in a citizenship case.’
relations, relationship, association, connections, contact, intercourse, interchange, communication, negotiations, bargaining, operations, transactions, proceedingsView synonyms - 1.2The particular way in which someone behaves toward others.‘fair dealing came naturally to him’
- ‘Principles and ethics is number one: fair dealing, honesty, morality, taking care of your family, getting married and having children.’
- ‘Throughout their careers, the Richmans earned the trust and respect of countless sports luminaries because of their honest yet fair dealing in print.’
- ‘The secret to success in life is honesty and fair dealing.’
- ‘The Calvin family had a long-standing reputation for fair dealing.’
- ‘Justice is subdivided into piety, honesty, equity, and fair dealing.’
- ‘One was to protect and promote the public health; the second was to promote honesty and fair dealing in the marketplace.’
- ‘In much that has been written about the Gracchan era the ruling classes have been blamed for the decay of honesty and fair dealing.’
- ‘It would be inconsistent with natural justice and fair dealing for the court to permit the Trustee to now claim an interest in the Properties.’
- ‘They have the chance to devise and present to the electorate a definitive programme to outlaw sleaze, repair the constitution and imbue public life with a new spirit of transparency and fair dealing.’
- ‘My career is a model of tough, fair dealing and fantastic success - without shortcuts, without breaking the law.’
- ‘He had, according to the City regulators, breached its principles and its high standards of integrity and fair dealing.’
- ‘TCC possessed a strong reputation for fair dealing and solid business acumen, based in large part on the founder's own reputation.’
- ‘A firm believer in personal supervision, he has established a high reputation for integrity and fair dealing and the result has been steady growth of a large and satisfied clientele.’
- ‘This obligation of good faith and fair dealing is difficult to define. The best definition is at paragraph 98 of the Wallace case as follows.’
- ‘Once a jockey himself, he took a keen interest in his riders and was noted for fair dealing and prompt payment.’
- ‘The innovation and spirit of fair dealing does not stop at the cellar door.’
- ‘It would enable there to be fair and sensible dealing between landlords and tenants.’
- ‘The exchange must be able and willing to promote and maintain high standards of integrity and fair dealing in the carrying on of investment business…’
- ‘I think that, increasingly, if capitalism survives at all, fair dealing will become good business, and an inability to do it will be a handicap - in some ways it already is.’
- ‘However, they've rarely turned their eye on themselves to assess just what sort of dirty dealing may be going on in-house.’
2The activity of buying and selling a particular commodity.
‘drug dealing’- ‘car dealing’
- ‘Mrs Wood said 50 of the tablets in his house belonged to a friend and that all his drug dealing had been to ‘friends and acquaintances’.’
- ‘Drug dealing was perceived to be the biggest problem by around 10 per cent of both groups who completed the questionnaire.’
- ‘Police will also have the power to charge owners or managers allowing the dealing of drugs.’
- ‘However, defence witnesses have claimed that the state of the negotiations at the time of the share dealing was so uncertain as to make any knowledge non-price sensitive.’
- ‘But criminal laws already exist which prohibit such racist harassment, along with the drug dealing and violence the government says it wants to stamp out.’
- ‘Share dealing can be accomplished with just a couple of clicks of the mouse or even down the telephone line.’
- ‘Share dealing is supposed to be people risking their money in order to gain high profits.’
- ‘Drug dealing is not simply a business transaction: it exploits people.’
- ‘Most of them relate to the failure of directors to notify dealings in shares within the prescribed period, which is five days.’
- ‘In 1995 angry shareholders wrote to the department demanding an inquiry amid allegations of improper share dealings by the controlling director of the company.’
- ‘Alien smugglers are also often involved in murder and drug dealings, so local officials believe their efforts will have a multiplier effect on other crime.’
- ‘Regrettably, no shareholder asked any questions about the substantial director share dealings that have taken place in recent months.’
- ‘That same day the Department of Trade and Industry announced it was to re-open its inquiry into his share dealings.’
- ‘Most Americans will not give two hoots that share dealings start in New York today, and who can blame them?’
- ‘He denied using false names or addresses in his car dealings.’
- ‘Three were imprisoned for robbery, one for theft and one for drug dealing.’
- ‘The late Mr. Carroll was a farmer by occupation and was involved in the cattle dealing business in his younger days.’
- ‘He used Rease as one of a number of ‘foot soldiers’ to front lucrative crack dealing businesses in the city.’
- ‘There are few issues more contentious than directors' share dealings.’
- ‘An investor tracking the directors' share dealings would have made substantial gains and significantly outperformed the market.’
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