DEALER


Meaning of DEALER in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a car dealer (= someone who buys and sells used cars )

Car dealers reported a 4% drop in sales.

a drug dealer/pusher (= someone who sells drugs )

The city's streets are full of drug dealers.

antique dealer (= someone who buys and sells antiques )

an antique dealer

double dealer

drug dealer

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

antique

It casts more doubt on Wallace's conviction in 1981 of the killing of his friend, antique dealer Jonathan Lewis.

Rudy was a loud-mouthed, crude man in flashy clothes who said he was an antique dealer .

He had come to find out more about the antique dealer .

Jasper had told me he had a store on East Twelfth Street, as do many antique dealers .

The chief organiser is Giancarlo Gallino, president of the Piedmontese association of antique dealers .

Last summer, a friend of mine, an antique dealer , had too much to drink.

Read in studio Antique dealers and bargain hunters have been looking through the belongings of the late Robert Maxwell.

An increase in subscriptions and a merger with the Syndicat des Antiquaires of antique dealers are both being considered.

licensed

Dealing through licensed dealers can cost less than through stockbrokers, but usually costs more.

The rowdier element worked for licensed dealers , as opposed to stockbrokers.

Also early in 1988 licensed dealers such as Eyas Securities and Afcor Investments were closed down.

One of the most spectacular training methods at one licensed dealer was the floor contest.

The newsletters issued by licensed dealers , whether written in house, or anonymously by stockbrokers, tend towards propaganda.

Generally speaking, as fast as one licensed dealer goes into liquidation, another starts up.

Like it or not, licensed dealers , in one form or another, seem here to stay.

Directors of licensed dealers rarely have secure jobs.

local

My local Rover main dealer says no.

It wants the consumer to decide after auditioning at a local dealer .

If you would like further details of the scheme, contact your local Motability motor dealer .

Your local dealer should be able to advise you as to which one to use.

It is available from your local dealer for £5.25.

Customers will be linked to a local computer dealer , which will deliver the products.

Your local dealer should have some empty shells for it to grow into.

City ordinances did little to protect the site, which was owned by a local car dealer .

other

Simultaneously, three other dealers left of their own accord, disillusioned with the lack of fresh client coupons.

Of course they can only make a living in this way if they are faster than other dealers in the market.

The other seven new dealers are modern and contemporary specialists.

As the bargains were all processed, records were kept of what he and other dealers were doing.

If dealers were discovered looking for jobs from other licensed dealers, they would usually get fired on the spot.

The other dealers would join in.

To celebrate his fortune to come, he invited the other dealers for a drink that night at the local pub.

For their pains, they were paid more than almost any other dealers .

private

In return for a freer hand in the currency market private dealers were expected to play a more active role in industrial investment.

Thirty-eight galleries and private dealers will be represented.

The three main outlets for reselling are auctions, specialist shops, private individuals or dealers .

So two private dealers are gaining recognition through their artists.

What will be your areas of activity as a private dealer , and what markets will you be targeting?

In our forthcoming activities as private dealers we will require no more than an administrative infrastructure.

■ NOUN

art

To think so was to be conned by the art dealers .

Flanking him was the smarmy art dealer Vincent Faunce and my cousin Alistair.

When asked, archivists and art dealers shrug and allude to the war.

It is no surprise to learn that an art dealer has closed down.

Gave ten thousand dollars for it to a little mustachioed froggy art dealer on the Boulevard Haussmann.

Larry's a builder, Robin's an art dealer , a refined, elegant and sensitive man.

Curators, art dealers , conservators, art donors and prospective donors seek his attention.

car

Before completing his instalments, the customer without authority sold the car to Twitchings, a car dealer .

What must the car dealer have made of this client, a man from prehistory come to buy an automobile?

Battle continues: A lengthy battle between a scrap car dealer and Sedgefield District Council remains unresolved.

Many area used car dealers are having their inventory tested or offering to test before purchase.

Local car dealer Cowie, now regarded as the quality stock in the sector, also outperformed the market strongly.

Mr Lambert was a well-known car dealer in the town.

Ask your car dealer these questions: What security devices come as standard?

The usual illustration is a car dealer stating that one car is a better runner than another.

drug

Yesterday, the police denied that drug dealers were tipped off before the operation.

In the media world no one with the exception of cops and drug dealers ever works.

The plane crash involves Dave with drug dealers , killers and federal agents, all of whom threaten his peace and family.

In at least four cases, drug dealers have reclaimed the projects after the Guard pulled out, requiring a second invasion.

Bleak portraits of drug dealers , users, people who have been spent.

But the mayor conceded that the park faced serious problems from homeless campers as well as drug dealers and users.

Five years ago, the project and the neighborhood were held hostage by a drug dealer named Daryl Whiting.

gun

This afternoon, a Cheltenham man, former gun dealer Michael Burt, from Prestbury, appeared in court in connection with the shooting.

But one investigator suspected Russell of being an illegal gun dealer .

But some gun dealers have stopped selling replicas, because they're worried about them falling into the wrong hands.

Nationwide, the number of gun dealers dropped 45 percent from 1993 to 1995.

The information will help law enforcement authorities trace ownership of the weapon back to the original gun dealer .

The agreement with Smith &038; Wesson has effectively fallen apart after boycotts by gun dealers and customers hurt the company.

■ VERB

buy

In 1968 I worked in a Hereford scrapyard, where we bought bones from several dealers who collected them from butchers.

The advise from Trading Standards is to buy from a reputable dealer .

The Charger and its stunt double were chosen for a bit of variety and had to be bought from a local dealer .

They buy always from fellow dealers , never at auction, and now exhibit at a dozen major fairs each year.

Although he said he'd bought them from another dealer , the police proved he'd been handling stolen goods.

offer

They can not compete with dealers who offer a warranty, cash discount, credit, part-ex and back-up etc.

Most scooter dealers offer such services for between $ 40 and $ 70.

Even an experienced dealer would offer only limited advice.

But the dealer was offered the job.

Although the list prices of machines sold direct are cheaper, many dealers are able to offer large discounts on their stock.

Another new phenomenon was the downturn in dealers offering works fresh out of the salerooms.

Car dealers are found to offer better deals to white people than black.

Licensed dealers may offer facilities for trading in options.

sell

He can sell Chevrolets to Ford dealers .

Liverpool magistrates heard that the illegal videos he sold to dealers all over Britain included scenes of cannibalism and disembowel ment.

They sell dope to drug dealers , whom they later assassinate.

This case involved an unroadworthy car sold by a dealer to the finance company to the debtor on hire purchase.

Saatchi sneezes and the art world shivers: Charles Saatchi has been selling paintings and the dealers are worried.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

"The market has been strong," said one dealer .

a car dealer

According to a senior currency dealer , the pound is likely to continue to rise against the dollar.

Make sure you buy your used car from an authorised dealer .

She bought the painting from a Swiss art dealer .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Battle continues: A lengthy battle between a scrap car dealer and Sedgefield District Council remains unresolved.

But to secure a conviction they must show prove the culprits are professional dealers.

Call loans are used by banks to adjust rates and by investment dealers to purchase securities.

Customers will be linked to a local computer dealer , which will deliver the products.

Die in Dayton builds the molds car manufacturers use for air bags, and Design Forum in Kettering designs dealer showrooms.

That dealer is now a stockbroker.

The memo urges dealers to take machines to Apple service providers for repairs or to call 1-800-SOS-APPL.

To think so was to be conned by the art dealers.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.