Definitions of dealings
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social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
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synonyms:
traffic
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types:
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relation
(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
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type of:
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give-and-take, interchange, reciprocation
mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
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relation
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mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
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synonyms:
relations
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social relation
a relation between living organisms (especially between people)
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social relation
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the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
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synonyms:
dealing, transaction
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examples:
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Seward's Folly
the transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia
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types:
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commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
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affairs
transactions of professional or public interest
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operations, trading operations
financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records
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transfer, transference
transferring ownership
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exchange
the act of giving something in return for something received
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business deal, deal, trade
a particular instance of buying or selling
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downtick
a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction
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uptick
a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction
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borrowing
obtaining funds from a lender
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rental, renting
the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)
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trading
buying or selling securities or commodities
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trade
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
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e-commerce
commerce conducted electronically (as on the internet)
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exchange, interchange
reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
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IPO, initial offering, initial public offering
a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
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business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
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carriage trade
trade from upper-class customers
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international affairs, world affairs
affairs between nations
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alienation
(law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another
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conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying
act of transferring property title from one person to another
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quitclaim
act of transferring a title or right or claim to another
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lease-lend, lend-lease
the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause
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secularisation, secularization
transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
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logrolling
act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects
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arms deal
a deal to provide military arms
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penny ante
a business deal on a trivial scale
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pawn
borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
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importation, importing
the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
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exportation, exporting
the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
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marketing
the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service
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distribution
the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
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marketing, merchandising, selling
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
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traffic
buying and selling; especially illicit trade
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defrayal, defrayment, payment
the act of paying money
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evasion, nonpayment
the deliberate act of failing to pay money
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politics
the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government
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group action
action taken by a group of people
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Seward's Folly
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