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# dealings

«dealings» in Mova's school dictionary: **The business or contact that people or groups have with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, plural (dealings); the singular «dealing» is used mostly as the -ing form of «deal»

### meaning for a pupil

1) The business or contact that people or groups have with each other: «my dealings with the bank». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealings/#m1)

2) The way someone behaves when doing business: «honest dealings», «shady dealings». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealings/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday and formal talk it means business or contact over time. In stories «shady dealings» or «secret dealings» hints at dishonest business. Phrases: «have dealings with», «business dealings», «shady dealings», «fair dealings».

### examples

- I've had no dealings with that company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealings/#x1)
- The detective looked into the mayor's secret dealings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealings/#x2)
- He was always honest in his dealings with customers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealings/#x3)
- Their business dealings made them rich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealings/#x4)
- We had friendly dealings with the shop next door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealings/#x5)
- (formal) The report examines the firm's financial dealings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealings/#x6)
- We of the jungle have no dealings with them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealings/#x7)

### note

Almost always plural: «dealings». It is a noun from «deal», which also means a bargain. Countable but used as a group word.

### In the corpora

- [How can I repay unto the LORD all His bountiful dealings toward me?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2123/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dealings» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dealings/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.