dealingn.
/ˈdiːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdilɪŋ/ The action of deal v.
1. attributive.1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1865/1 His feeding..all commers thrice a weeke appoynted for his dealing dayes.† b. concrete. A part, division. Obsolete.
a. Division; distribution (of gifts, blows, cards, etc.); sharing.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun]
dolec1275
dealing1377
distribution1382
dispensationa1387
spreading1601
dispensing1608
distributing1663
participation1755
doling1876
handout1913
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 374 Þorw bedes-byddynge and..þorw penyes delynge.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Num. xxxvi. 4 The delynge [a1425 L.V. departyng] of lottis.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. x. 16 The delynge or part takynge of the body of the Lord.
a1400–50 Alexander 451 In delingis of dyntis.
?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye i. sig. d6v All thyne executoures dealinge, and offeringe of massepence..helpe the not a myte.
a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 347 Others that..iudge the very dealing of the cardes to bee a lotte.
1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. i. ii. §3. 161 If this dealing out of ideas by exigency is assigned to God.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided
dealinga1300
divisionc1374
partc1392
spacec1392
long divisionc1400
severingc1400
skyvaldc1400
foddinga1425
panelc1450
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roomstead1600
canton1601
separation1604
share1643
scissurea1667
cutting1726
departmenta1735
segment1762
compartment1793
distribution1829
segregation1859
dept.1869
section1875
tmema1891
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxxv. 13 Þat delt the Rede See in delinges wele.
2. Intercourse, friendly or business communication, connection. Now usually plural.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > contact, connection, or dealings
dealinga1538
deal1588
business1611
to come in contact with1818
connection1860
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 26 To love every man in the other, wyth al ryghtwyse & just delyng togyddur.
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. M2v About two monthes since, hee had dealinges with a neighbour of yours touching a farme.
1611 Bible (King James) John iv. 9 The Iewes haue no dealings with the Samaritanes. View more context for this quotation
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 55 The dealing or business that is between body and body, being as real as that between body and ghost.
1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit i. viii. 14 Hocus had Dealings with John's Wife.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 678 It was rumoured..he had dealings with St. Germains.
3. Trading, trafficking; buying and selling.
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society > trade and finance > [noun]
mongingOE
cheapinga1000
cheapOE
chaffer?c1225
merchandisea1300
market-making1340
merchandyc1350
corseriec1380
chafferinga1382
need-doinga1382
changea1387
chapmanhoodc1386
cossery?a1400
bargaining1401
merchandisinga1425
merchandrya1450
intercourse1473
business1478
chapmanry1483
the feat of merchandisec1503
market1525
trade1549
marting1553
contractation1555
trading1556
merchantryc1560
marketing1561
mart1562
trafficking1570
contraction1582
tract1582
nundination1586
commerce1587
chafferya1599
negotiation1601
intertraffica1603
traffic1603
commercery1604
intertrading1606
correspondence1607
mercature1611
correspondency1613
coss?1635
negotiating1640
dealing1691
chapmanship1727
merchanting1883
intertrade1915
1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 175 Such as would not be impos'd upon, will find the best Ware and Dealing at Brampton-Park.
1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) iii. 22 Where dealings are transacted on a large scale, it is not difficult for commodities to be exchanged against commodities.
4.
a. Acting (in some specified way) towards others; way of acting, conduct, behaviour.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun]
tightc888
workOE
laitsc1225
rule?c1225
guise1303
conditionsc1374
actiona1393
governancea1393
governailc1425
port?a1439
fashion1447
dressa1450
governinga1450
walkingc1450
abearing?1454
deport1474
behaving1482
dealing1484
guidinga1500
demeanoura1513
behaviour?1521
walk?1567
daps1582
courses1592
deportment1601
behave?1615
deportation1616
containment1619
conduct1673
haviour1752
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1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lviii. 84 For of good delyng and of good guydynge cam neuer but worship and honoure.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 310 His vnkynd & abhomynable deelyng.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxxvii. 154 To ryde out to se the dealyng of thenglysshmen.
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 1 A present redres of so wrongful delings.
1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 176 The unworthy dealing of Sir Robt Howard.
1874 J. Morley On Compromise 29 Want of faithful dealing in the highest matters.
b. with with: Acting towards, treatment of.
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1636 T. Goodwin Childe of Light I. xi. 121 What if God will use his absoluteness..in this his dealing with his childe.
1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell ii. lvi. 175 Such a Dealing with their Soveraign as they..would not have allowed in any of their own..Servants.
1885 Spectator 8 Aug. 1043/1 The fluctuations of policy which have marked England's dealings with the Soudan.
5. attributive, dealing-book (Stock Exch.).
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1899 Westm. Gaz. 19 July 8/2 Dealing-books that have been innocent for weeks of more than two or three bargains a day have been filling rapidly.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 25 Mar. 9/3 There..is one man very much absorbed in his dealing-book.
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