(n.) One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.
(n.) One who distributes cards to the players.
Example Sentences:
(1) Koons provoked a bigger stir with the news that he would be showing with gallery owner David Zwirner next year in an apparent defection from Zwirner's arch-rival Larry Gagosian, the world's most powerful art dealer.
(2) Modern art was interpreted in the catalogue as a conspiracy by Russian Bolsheviks and Jewish dealers to destroy European culture.
(3) Dealers speculated that Facebook's army of bankers had stepped in to stop the shares falling below $38, a move that would have landed the social network with a public relations disaster on its first day as a public company.
(4) Several months ago, the man received about $200,000 worth of marijuana from the cartel and delivered it to another dealer, but he could not repay the cartel, according to court papers.
(5) As Bernard Levin noted in 1977 when she was playing Lady Macbeth and Lady Plyant in Congreve's The Double Dealer at the National: "She is tiny.
(6) In the latest round of the epic divorce battle between Michelle and Scot Young, the judge, Mr Justice Moor, is making a fresh attempt to discover how much the property dealer is worth.
(7) Another officer grabbing Mann by the collar and threatening his family – to arrest his wife’s “black ass” and ensure he would not see his young son grow up, Mann recalled in an interview – if he did not snitch on a heroin dealer.
(8) He told the court: “We have been trying at the bar to imagine whether we can think of any other group of legal or natural persons, terrorist suspects, arms dealers, Jews, in respect of whose evidence one might even begin to think that one could tenably say, ‘Well, of course, in looking at this evidence I have been very careful because I know from the past that these people are a bit devious and a bit unworthy, and the only thing they’re really interested in is subverting public health.’ ” Yet last week’s judgment, running to 1,000 paragraphs, confirmed in excoriating detail just how determined big tobacco has been down the decades to achieve precisely this goal.
(9) Noda also stepped up the monitoring of foreign exchange positions held by currency dealers.
(10) So President Mujica may be thinking: "why not take the risk and embrace the possibility of becoming the first marijuana hero and the man who thwarted drug dealers?"
(11) New methods were developed in collaboration with "problem kennels" (animal homes, dealer kennels etc.
(12) Del Seymour knows all about the pimps, drug dealers and vagrants of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district – because he used to be one of them.
(13) If we are going to break the drug dealer’s model, we need to smash demand,” Keenan said.
(14) Dealers desperately want to believe in the German plan so bond yields fell in Italy and Spain yesterday on expectations that Sarkozy and Merkel will settle any remaining differences on Monday, the ECB will cut interest rates on Thursday and the Brussels summit will agree a Grand Bargain on Friday.
(15) She told the court that Tomaszewski had told him a “heavy drug dealer” lived at the house.
(16) But Rubio’s Pac, Reclaim America, hopes to benefit from wealthy individual donors including the Miami car dealer Norman Braman, the former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, who is believed to have pledged at least $10m.
(17) Poverty is a powerful - if often indirect - recruiter for terrorism and both the Taliban and the drugs dealers often pay good money.
(18) Milliken, author of a report on rhino-horn consumption in Vietnam , also expressed concerns about the end-user market: "One wonders if unscrupulous dealers in these markets will not simply employ some means to 'bleach' them to back to a 'normal' appearance and continue raking in high profits."
(19) He stepped in to support Keogh’s credentials, saying: “He’s actually put drug dealers behind bars.” “As I understand it, the current maximum penalty is 25 years,” he said.
(20) But to enjoy it like a local, give the tourist-tat main road a miss and dive into the snarl of side streets, where wheeler-dealers hawk everything from rusty doorknobs to 17th-century art.
Franchise
Definition:
(a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
(a.) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.
(a.) The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
(v. t.) To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tottenham Hotspur’s £400m redevelopment of White Hart Lane could include a retractable grass pitch as the club explores the possibility of hosting a new NFL franchise.
(2) Taxpayers will pick up an immediate £40m bill for compensating the four shortlisted companies that bid for the west coast franchise.
(3) As for Scotland Soccer Club, Altidore's deputy at franchise level, Steven Fletcher, is gonna be the guy that the hosts will look to kick the soccer ball in to the soccer goal interior.
(4) David Beckham's plan to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to Miami looks to be on life support after the city's mayor, Tomás Regalado, previously a key ally in the project, said no to the construction of a stadium at a prime waterfront site.
(5) The 'prequel' trilogy, featuring Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side and the much-maligned Jar Jar Binks, was released between 1999 and 2005 but Lucas has developed the franchise far beyond those six original films.
(6) The first two games from that partnership will be based on the company’s b-tier franchises Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem.
(7) In turn, the franchise provides income for local entrepreneurs who can access direct financing from a local microfinance bank to get started.
(8) In a last-ditch attempt to overturn the award of the west coast rail franchise to FirstGroup, Virgin Trains co-owner Sir Richard Branson has offered to run the service "for free" to allow time for parliamentary scrutiny of the decision.
(9) Train operators fear the revised rail franchise timetable announced in the wake of the west coast fiasco is already slipping as documents for the first contest appear likely to be delayed until autumn.
(10) The cost of a new franchise would extend beyond the $25m for the expansion franchise, such as stadium construction and player acquisitions.
(11) Crozier said the X Factor, which last year recorded its first year-on-year audience decline since launching in 2004 , was one of a number of ITV's ageing entertainment franchises .It was imperative to keep developing new formats.
(12) Restricted franchise in EU referendum would make a mockery of democracy | Letters Read more My own interest in this matter goes back many years – including devoting my maiden speech in the House of Commons in 2001 to the case for lowering the voting age to 16 across the board.
(13) The Liverpool city region has proposed retention of 100% of business rates income and the ability to franchise all local bus services, while Leicester and Leicestershire want devolution of funding and the ability to commission skills programmes locally.
(14) She’s a normal girl thrust into extraordinary circumstances, so it’s very relatable.” Ridley’s leap from bit parts in British TV dramas to the biggest film franchise in the world is a legitimate overnight success.
(15) BSkyB has broken ITV's almost 40-year hold on James Bond films, striking a deal to air the full 22-strong franchise in high definition.
(16) "Our strategy is to run these franchises online, but when we have a linear partner we'll make original content that's exclusive to the linear channel in a window," said chief creative officer Eddy Moretti.
(17) David, Marcelo and Simon are thrilled by the initial outpouring of support we’ve received from our fans and we’re excited about sharing our plans with the city, county and community soon.” The accord comes after almost 18 months of haggling with city lawmakers over the potential location, which had tested the patience of MLS officials and threatened to derail the hopes of an MLS franchise ever coming to the city.
(18) Under Mr Grayling’s plans, new franchises would integrate more closely with NR.
(19) Bidders have spent an estimated £1m each on their bids but, according to one industry source, the process has stalled and franchise owners are being forced to retain expensive but idle bidding teams.
(20) This will give Orlando a major positive as MLS weighs up the options after announcing that the league will expand by four teams, to 24 franchises by 2020 .