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# dealer

noun (a dealer, dealers)

«dealer» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealer/#m1)
2. In card games, the dealer is the person who hands out the cards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealer/#m2)
3. A drug dealer is a person who sells illegal drugs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealer/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealer/#x1)
- The dealer shuffled the cards and dealt five each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealer/#x2)
- The art dealer sold the painting for a lot of money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealer/#x3)
- It's your turn to be the dealer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealer/#x4)
- Never take anything from a drug dealer — tell an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealer/#x5)
- The antique dealer said the clock was 200 years old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealer/#x6)
- Then the horse-dealers came together and began to bargain for it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealer/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dealer/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dealer/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dealer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dealer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dealer.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «dealer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dealer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dealer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dealer.html) on Mova free.