dealer

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
  2. noun a firm engaged in trading
  3. noun a seller of illicit goods

Etymology

From Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. By surface analysis, deal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deeler, West Frisian dieler, Dutch deler, German Teiler, Swedish delare.

In classic literature

Synonyms

trader, bargainer, monger

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