dealing

[ dee-ling ]

noun

1. Usually dealings. relations; business:

   frequent dealings; commercial dealings.

2. conduct in relations to others; treatment:

   honest dealing.

Other Words From

• pre·dealing noun
• under·dealing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dealing¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, dealing is from the Middle English word deling. See deal ¹, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Someone else seconded, adding, “I’m so sorry you’re dealing with it, they come for us all eventually.”

From Slate

She likened the relentlessness of dealing with it to “an endless game of Whac-a-Mole.”

From Slate

Publishing the first of these, inquiry chair Baroness Hallett said the UK was "ill-prepared for dealing with a catastrophic emergency, let alone the coronavirus pandemic".

From BBC

Drake called the antisemitism report “deeply troubling” and touted the university’s new systemwide office of civil rights that is dealing with discrimination across campuses.

From Los Angeles Times

But while the authors of this letter recognise these achievements, they feel that the slow-moving COP process is “no longer fit for purpose” in dealing with a fast-moving climate crisis.

From BBC

Related Words

• business
• commerce
• contract
• deal
• enterprise
• exchange
• industry
• market
• traffic
• transaction