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dealing

deal·ing

/ˈdiːlɪŋ/

noun

What it means

  1. in pluralA business transaction.
  2. One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with others.

    Shylock: O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others![…]

    c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]

In a sentence

Shylock: O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others![…]

c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]

Where it comes from

  1. Old Englishdǣling
  2. Middle Englishdelynge
  3. Englishdealing

From Middle English delynge, from Old English dǣling; equivalent to deal + -ing.

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