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Dealer vs Dealmaker - What's the difference?

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Dealer is a related term of dealmaker.


As nouns the difference between dealer and dealmaker

is that dealer is a dealer (somebody who peddles illicit drugs, especially to teenagers), drug dealer while dealmaker is one who makes or brokers business or political transactions.

dealer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who deals things, especially automobiles; a middleman.
    • That used car dealer gave me a great deal on my 1962 rusted-out Volkswagen bug!
  • One who peddles illicit drugs, especially to teenagers.
  • A particular type of stock broker or trader.
  • The person who deals the cards in a card game.

    • Anagrams

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    dealmaker

    English

    Alternative forms

    *deal-maker

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who makes or brokers business or political transactions
  • *{{quote-news, 2008, December 2, Former Philly councilwoman memorialized, Philadelphia Inquirer citation
    • , passage=The longtime Democratic Party loyalist and dealmaker died Nov. 19 at the age of 71. }}

    Related terms

    *dealbreaker *dealer *market maker

    See also

    *power broker