Dealer definition
Frequency:
A person who deals.
- One who distributes cards in a card game.
- A buyer and seller; person engaged in trading.A dealer in furs.
- (slang) One who sells illegal drugs.
noun
One that is engaged in buying and selling.
A used-car dealer; a drug dealer.
noun
(games) The one who distributes cards.
noun
A person who acts in a specified way.
A plain dealer.
noun
Any person or company that sells or buys securities for his or her own account. The dealer realizes profit or loss from the difference between the price paid and the price sold. A dealer is in contrast to an agent, who trades on behalf of someone else.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
dealer
Plural:
dealers