noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a car dealer (= someone who buys and sells used cars )
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Car dealers reported a 4% drop in sales.
a drug dealer/pusher (= someone who sells drugs )
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The city's streets are full of drug dealers.
antique dealer (= someone who buys and sells antiques )
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an antique dealer
double dealer
drug dealer
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
antique
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It casts more doubt on Wallace's conviction in 1981 of the killing of his friend, antique dealer Jonathan Lewis.
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Rudy was a loud-mouthed, crude man in flashy clothes who said he was an antique dealer .
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He had come to find out more about the antique dealer .
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Jasper had told me he had a store on East Twelfth Street, as do many antique dealers .
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The chief organiser is Giancarlo Gallino, president of the Piedmontese association of antique dealers .
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Last summer, a friend of mine, an antique dealer , had too much to drink.
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Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.
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An increase in subscriptions and a merger with the Syndicat des Antiquaires of antique dealers are both being considered.
licensed
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Dealing through licensed dealers can cost less than through stockbrokers, but usually costs more.
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The rowdier element worked for licensed dealers , as opposed to stockbrokers.
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Also early in 1988 licensed dealers such as Eyas Securities and Afcor Investments were closed down.
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One of the most spectacular training methods at one licensed dealer was the floor contest.
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The newsletters issued by licensed dealers , whether written in house, or anonymously by stockbrokers, tend towards propaganda.
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Generally speaking, as fast as one licensed dealer goes into liquidation, another starts up.
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Like it or not, licensed dealers , in one form or another, seem here to stay.
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Directors of licensed dealers rarely have secure jobs.
local
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My local Rover main dealer says no.
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It wants the consumer to decide after auditioning at a local dealer .
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If you would like further details of the scheme, contact your local Motability motor dealer .
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Your local dealer should be able to advise you as to which one to use.
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It is available from your local dealer for £5.25.
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Customers will be linked to a local computer dealer , which will deliver the products.
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Your local dealer should have some empty shells for it to grow into.
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City ordinances did little to protect the site, which was owned by a local car dealer .
other
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Simultaneously, three other dealers left of their own accord, disillusioned with the lack of fresh client coupons.
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Of course they can only make a living in this way if they are faster than other dealers in the market.
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The other seven new dealers are modern and contemporary specialists.
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As the bargains were all processed, records were kept of what he and other dealers were doing.
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If dealers were discovered looking for jobs from other licensed dealers, they would usually get fired on the spot.
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The other dealers would join in.
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To celebrate his fortune to come, he invited the other dealers for a drink that night at the local pub.
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For their pains, they were paid more than almost any other dealers .
private
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In return for a freer hand in the currency market private dealers were expected to play a more active role in industrial investment.
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Thirty-eight galleries and private dealers will be represented.
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The three main outlets for reselling are auctions, specialist shops, private individuals or dealers .
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So two private dealers are gaining recognition through their artists.
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What will be your areas of activity as a private dealer , and what markets will you be targeting?
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In our forthcoming activities as private dealers we will require no more than an administrative infrastructure.
■ NOUN
art
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To think so was to be conned by the art dealers .
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Flanking him was the smarmy art dealer Vincent Faunce and my cousin Alistair.
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When asked, archivists and art dealers shrug and allude to the war.
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It is no surprise to learn that an art dealer has closed down.
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Gave ten thousand dollars for it to a little mustachioed froggy art dealer on the Boulevard Haussmann.
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Larry's a builder, Robin's an art dealer , a refined, elegant and sensitive man.
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Curators, art dealers , conservators, art donors and prospective donors seek his attention.
car
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Before completing his instalments, the customer without authority sold the car to Twitchings, a car dealer .
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What must the car dealer have made of this client, a man from prehistory come to buy an automobile?
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Battle continues: A lengthy battle between a scrap car dealer and Sedgefield District Council remains unresolved.
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Many area used car dealers are having their inventory tested or offering to test before purchase.
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Local car dealer Cowie, now regarded as the quality stock in the sector, also outperformed the market strongly.
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Mr Lambert was a well-known car dealer in the town.
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Ask your car dealer these questions: What security devices come as standard?
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The usual illustration is a car dealer stating that one car is a better runner than another.
drug
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Yesterday, the police denied that drug dealers were tipped off before the operation.
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In the media world no one with the exception of cops and drug dealers ever works.
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The plane crash involves Dave with drug dealers , killers and federal agents, all of whom threaten his peace and family.
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In at least four cases, drug dealers have reclaimed the projects after the Guard pulled out, requiring a second invasion.
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Bleak portraits of drug dealers , users, people who have been spent.
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But the mayor conceded that the park faced serious problems from homeless campers as well as drug dealers and users.
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Five years ago, the project and the neighborhood were held hostage by a drug dealer named Daryl Whiting.
gun
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This afternoon, a Cheltenham man, former gun dealer Michael Burt, from Prestbury, appeared in court in connection with the shooting.
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But one investigator suspected Russell of being an illegal gun dealer .
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But some gun dealers have stopped selling replicas, because they're worried about them falling into the wrong hands.
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Nationwide, the number of gun dealers dropped 45 percent from 1993 to 1995.
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The information will help law enforcement authorities trace ownership of the weapon back to the original gun dealer .
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The agreement with Smith &038; Wesson has effectively fallen apart after boycotts by gun dealers and customers hurt the company.
■ VERB
buy
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In 1968 I worked in a Hereford scrapyard, where we bought bones from several dealers who collected them from butchers.
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The advise from Trading Standards is to buy from a reputable dealer .
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The Charger and its stunt double were chosen for a bit of variety and had to be bought from a local dealer .
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They buy always from fellow dealers , never at auction, and now exhibit at a dozen major fairs each year.
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Although he said he'd bought them from another dealer , the police proved he'd been handling stolen goods.
offer
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They can not compete with dealers who offer a warranty, cash discount, credit, part-ex and back-up etc.
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Most scooter dealers offer such services for between $ 40 and $ 70.
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Even an experienced dealer would offer only limited advice.
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But the dealer was offered the job.
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Although the list prices of machines sold direct are cheaper, many dealers are able to offer large discounts on their stock.
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Another new phenomenon was the downturn in dealers offering works fresh out of the salerooms.
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Car dealers are found to offer better deals to white people than black.
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Licensed dealers may offer facilities for trading in options.
sell
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He can sell Chevrolets to Ford dealers .
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Liverpool magistrates heard that the illegal videos he sold to dealers all over Britain included scenes of cannibalism and disembowel ment.
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They sell dope to drug dealers , whom they later assassinate.
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This case involved an unroadworthy car sold by a dealer to the finance company to the debtor on hire purchase.
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Saatchi sneezes and the art world shivers: Charles Saatchi has been selling paintings and the dealers are worried.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"The market has been strong," said one dealer .
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a car dealer
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According to a senior currency dealer , the pound is likely to continue to rise against the dollar.
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Make sure you buy your used car from an authorised dealer .
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She bought the painting from a Swiss art dealer .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Battle continues: A lengthy battle between a scrap car dealer and Sedgefield District Council remains unresolved.
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But to secure a conviction they must show prove the culprits are professional dealers.
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Call loans are used by banks to adjust rates and by investment dealers to purchase securities.
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Customers will be linked to a local computer dealer , which will deliver the products.
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Die in Dayton builds the molds car manufacturers use for air bags, and Design Forum in Kettering designs dealer showrooms.
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That dealer is now a stockbroker.
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The memo urges dealers to take machines to Apple service providers for repairs or to call 1-800-SOS-APPL.
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To think so was to be conned by the art dealers.