dealings

/ˈdilɪŋz/

/ˈdilɪŋz/

Definitions of dealings

1. noun

   social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
   synonyms: traffic

   types:

   relation

   (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups

   type of:

   give-and-take, interchange, reciprocation

   mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
2. noun

   mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
   synonyms: relations

   type of:

   social relation

   a relation between living organisms (especially between people)
3. noun

   the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
   synonyms: dealing, transaction

   examples:

   Seward's Folly

   the transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia

   types:

   commerce, commercialism, mercantilism

   transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

   affairs

   transactions of professional or public interest

   operations, trading operations

   financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records

   transfer, transference

   transferring ownership

   exchange

   the act of giving something in return for something received

   business deal, deal, trade

   a particular instance of buying or selling

   downtick

   a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction

   uptick

   a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction

   borrowing

   obtaining funds from a lender

   rental, renting

   the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)

   trading

   buying or selling securities or commodities

   trade

   the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services

   e-commerce

   commerce conducted electronically (as on the internet)

   exchange, interchange

   reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)

   IPO, initial offering, initial public offering

   a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public

   business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise

   the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects

   carriage trade

   trade from upper-class customers

   international affairs, world affairs

   affairs between nations

   alienation

   (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another

   conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying

   act of transferring property title from one person to another

   quitclaim

   act of transferring a title or right or claim to another

   lease-lend, lend-lease

   the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause

   secularisation, secularization

   transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession

   logrolling

   act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects

   arms deal

   a deal to provide military arms

   penny ante

   a business deal on a trivial scale

   pawn

   borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan

   importation, importing

   the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country

   exportation, exporting

   the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country

   marketing

   the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service

   distribution

   the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer

   marketing, merchandising, selling

   the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money

   traffic

   buying and selling; especially illicit trade

   defrayal, defrayment, payment

   the act of paying money

   evasion, nonpayment

   the deliberate act of failing to pay money

   politics

   the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government

   type of:

   group action

   action taken by a group of people