Entering into transactions in investments either for customers or for the firm's own account. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary
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dealing deal‧ing [ˈdiːlɪŋ] noun
1. [uncountable] FINANCE the job or activity of buying and selling stocks, shares, foreign currencies etc on a financial market;
= TRADING AmE:
• After the first hour of dealing, the FTSE had slipped 10.1 to 3025.3.
• Share dealings in the new issue will begin on Dec. 8.
• a full range of currency dealing services
ˌafter-hours ˈdealing [uncountable] FINANCE
buying and selling stocks, shares, etc after the financial markets have officially closed for the day;
= AFTER-HOURS TRADING AmE:
• After-hours dealing in the June Footsie contract suggested that the market is all set to go better again today.
ˌfair ˈdealing
1. [uncountable] COMMERCE a way of doing business that is honest and treats people equally:
• Any reputable company or adviser will be keen to preserve a reputation for fair dealing.
2. [uncountable] LAW reasons given for using or copying a book, film, song etc without the permission of the person or company that owns or made it, that a court of law can accept as reasonable;
= FAIR USE AmE
inˌsider ˈdealing [uncountable] FINANCE
when someone uses knowledge of a particular company, situation etc that is not available to other people in order to buy or sell shares. Insider dealing is illegal;
= INSIDER TRADING AmEˌover-the-ˌcounter ˈdealing [uncountable] especially BrE FINANCE
the buying and selling of shares etc directly between dealers over the telephone and computer systems; = OVER-THE COUNTER TRADING AmE:
• In national over-the-counter dealing, Pearson shares closed at 702.62p, up 6.62p.
ˌwheeling and ˈdealing [uncountable] COMMERCE
business activities that involve a lot of complicated and sometimes dishonest deals:
• With so much wheeling and dealing going on in the industry, we can expect to see more legal suits.
— wheeler-dealer noun [countable] :
• He thinks of himself as a real wheeler-dealer.
2. dealings [plural] the business relationships or activities that you have become involved in:
• The secret dealings of his department were made public.
• Anyone who has had dealings with an insurance company knows how long it takes for payment to be made.
ˌshady ˈdealings [plural]
illegal or dishonest dealings:
• accusations of shady dealings and bribery
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dealing UK US /ˈdiːlɪŋ/ noun [U] UK
► FINANCE,
STOCK MARKET share/currency dealing »
Online share dealing has grown dramatically over the past few years.
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Towards the end of the day there was another round of heavy dealing in the company's shares.
► fair/honest dealing »
Our company maintains a reputation for fair dealing in all its transactions.
dodgy/shady dealing »
Many institutions have been badly damaged by dodgy corporate dealing.