dealer

noun

Definition of dealernext
1
as in trader
a buyer and seller of goods for profit a dealer in fine fabrics

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2
as in seller
the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money if both the dealer and the buyer are happy, then the item sold at a fair price

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dealer
  1. trader
  2. seller
  3. merchant
  4. vendor
Noun
  • Friday’s jobs report means traders see it as a near certainty that the Fed will not cut interest rates at its next meeting later this month.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Since September, traders have dialed back their expectations for rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, and Donald Trump won the presidential election with a platform that calls for higher tariffs across the board.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of trader
Noun
  • For example, Kirkland’s Extra Virgin Olive Oil is consistently rated a best seller and a favorite among shoppers for both quality and price.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
  • One of the platform’s centerpiece features is a deposit and escrow service, connecting buyers and sellers to help facilitate their transactions.
    Matt Burgess, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of seller
Noun
  • During the 1985 Christmas season, a coal merchant in an Irish village makes a troubling discovery.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Further afield, a merchant vessel found off of Israel’s coast, about 5,900 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, made headlines as the oldest deep-sea shipwreck identified to date.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of merchant
Noun
  • Another vendor will be Burn Boot Camp Poway, at 14767 Pomerado Road.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • So if, as the authors note, hardware vendors are shifting toward low-precision inference, that’s an excellent example.
    John Werner, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of vendor
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