wheel and dealv.
/ˌwiːl (ə)n ˈdiːl/, U.S. /ˌ(h)wil (ə)n ˈdil/ colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).
1. intransitive. To engage in scheming or shrewd bargaining, esp. of a political or commercial nature. Cf. wheeler-dealer n.
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society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain [verb (intransitive)]
bargain1525
hucka1529
hucker1548
dodge1568
blockc1570
pelt1579
hack1587
haggle1589
to beat the bargain1591
to beat the market1591
huckster1593
niffera1598
badger1600
scotch1601
palter1611
cheapen1620
higgle1633
tig-tag1643
huckle1644
chaffer1693
chaffer1725
dicker1797
niffer1815
Jew1825
hacker1833
banter1835
higgle-haggle1841
hondle1921
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot [verb (intransitive)]
subtlec1300
conspire1393
compass1430
malign?a1439
contrivec1440
machine?c1450
forthink1494
pretenda1500
practise1537
pack1568
brigue1580
machinate1602
manage1603
plot1607
tamper1607
faction1609
collogue1646
intriguea1714
to lay a scheme1826
scheme1842
angle1892
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1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Wheel and deal, to take the part of a leader or wheel and to take charge of affairs or arrangements (showed the town how an absolute dictator wheels and deals—Newsweek).
1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed vii. 53 You don't act like you really know where to wheel-and-deal yet.
1967 National Observer (U.S.) 3 July 13 Reagan could break loose votes from the Democrats if he really wanted to. You can always wheel-and-deal and get at least part of what you want.
1967 Listener 24 Aug. 250/1 Frost is wheeling and dealing off camera.
1974 Publishers Weekly 24 June 58/1 Lads who..wheeled and dealed with megacorporations.
1976 J. I. M. Stewart Memorial Service xiv. 234 ‘What's in the wind is a little quiet wheeling and dealing about the black sheep of the family.’..‘Why should the Provost wheel and deal about you?’
2. transitive. To obtain by scheming; to deal or bargain in.
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society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain over [verb (transitive)] > get by bargaining
wrangle1624
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1971 R. Dentry Encounter at Kharmel xii. 217 In other words, if we agree to shut up, you'll wheel and deal some pin money for us.
1974 Scottish Daily Express 16 Apr. 4/3 Dr. Henry Kissinger, due here shortly to wheel and deal his way to stilling the guns.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Mag. Mar. 49/1 The Inn was originally built to wheel and deal Arizona land.
Derivatives
Cf. wheeler-dealing n. at wheeler-dealer n. Derivatives.
wheeling and ˈdealing n.
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society > trade and finance > bargaining > [noun]
koffry1488
hucking1551
coping1595
haggling1632
hucksterage1641
huckstering1647
huckstery1662
bargaining1669
higgling1700
chaffering1794
badgering1800
dickering1802
tig-tagging1825
haggle1829
chaffer1851
bargain-driving1902
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun]
compassinga1300
contrivingc1330
undermining1433
imagininga1449
engininga1450
practising?1545
machinationc1550
packing1587
plotting1593
contrival1602
managing1607
tamperinga1627
practicking1640
texturea1641
contrivance1647
briguing1657
intrigue1668
intriguing1801
policizing1809
scheming1813
intriguery1815
schemery1822
plottery1823
shenanigan1855
game playing1916
shenaniganning1924
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1969 Listener 9 Jan. 60/3 As a proof of his mischievous intentions, he [sc. Henry II] invites the devious King of France to this gathering. It would need a Norman Mailer to describe accurately the wheeling and dealing that follows.
1976 [see sense 1]. 1981 Beautiful Brit. Columbia Summer 9 When silver prices rode the crest and silver-miners and promoters flocked to the Slocan..the streets of New Denver..were alive with wheeling and dealing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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