dealer

Everyday

1. A dealer is a person or business that buys and sells a particular kind of thing, such as cars, art or antiques. tree →
2. In card games, the dealer is the person who hands out the cards. tree →
3. A drug dealer is a person who sells illegal drugs. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life: car dealers, art dealers, antique dealers. In card games at home and school: «Who's the dealer?» In safety lessons: drug dealers break the law and may target young people; say no and tell a trusted adult.

Examples

• Dad bought our car from a dealer. tree →
• The dealer shuffled the cards and dealt five each. tree →
• The art dealer sold the painting for a lot of money. tree →
• It's your turn to be the dealer. tree →
• Never take anything from a drug dealer — tell an adult. tree →
• The antique dealer said the clock was 200 years old. tree →
• Then the horse-dealers came together and began to bargain for it. tree →

Note

Countable. Verb: deal, past dealt (pronounced «delt»). Related: dealership (a car dealer's shop).

In Jewish tradition

In Isaiah and Habakkuk it means a person who acts falsely, a betrayer. It does not mean a seller.

Interpretation. The prophets are read as warning that cheating and betrayal bring down empires.

Examples

• A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. (Prophets ISA.21.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer; the haughty man abideth not; he who enlargeth his desire as the nether-world, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples. (Prophets HAB.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable. Verb: deal, past dealt (pronounced «delt»). Related: dealership (a car dealer's shop).