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present participle of deal.

Definitions

dealing

[dee-ling] / ˈdi lɪŋ /

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commerce n.
contraband n.
distribution n.
exchange n.
trade n.
traffic n.
treatment n.

NOUN

commerce

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business economics exchange industry marketing retailing trade traffic

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dealings merchandising truck

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merchantry wholesaling

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unemployment

NOUN

contraband

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piracy smuggling trafficking

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bootlegging crime goods moonshine plunder poaching stuff swag theft violation

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counterfeiting rum-running wetbacking

Antonyms

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legal goods

NOUN

distribution

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circulation delivery disposal dissemination handling marketing sharing trading transport transportation

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administration allotment apportioning apportionment assessment assigning diffusion dispensation dispersal division dole mailing partition partitioning propagation rationing scattering spreading

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alloting circulating disposing dissipating handing out prorating

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hold keeping retention

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juncture unity

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collection gathering hoard hoarding maintenance store

NOUN

exchange

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change commerce network swap transaction transfer

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barter castling commutation conversion correspondence interchange interdependence interrelation rearrangement reciprocation reciprocity replacement revision shift shuffle shuffling substitution supplanting switch traffic transposing transposition truck

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buying and selling quid pro quo supplantment tit for tat

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stagnation

NOUN

trade

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business commerce contract deal enterprise exchange industry market traffic transaction

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barter clientele custom customers interchange patronage public sales swap truck

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merchantry

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disagreement idleness indolence misunderstanding unemployment

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entertainment fun pastime

NOUN

traffic

Synonyms

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business commerce communication industry trade truck

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barter closeness communion connection custom dealings doings exchange familiarity interchange intercourse intimacy patronage peddling relations relationship soliciting transactions

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merchantry

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unemployment

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antagonism disagreement

NOUN

treatment

Synonyms

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approach conduct employment management method practice procedure strategy

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angle custom execution habit line manipulation manner mode proceeding processing reception usage way

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action towards behavior towards modus operandi

Antonyms

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harm hurt injury

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dealing

He urged fans to be patient with hotel staff who are dealing with an influx of requests and enquiries.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

His team has found that someone dealing with hearing and/or vision loss is at higher risk of fraud.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The 32-year-old two-way Japanese sensation also won’t be dealing from the mound again this season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Gingerly making his way over rapids on unstable-looking logs, fighting off predators, and dealing with other hair-raising complications, Belmont painstakingly makes progress with no prospect of anyone coming to help.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Ms. Washington gave me a minute to soften up and give in, because she didn’t know about my heart and its resolution, and that she was dealing with a mighty and unbending will.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

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