different between buying vs dealing

English

Etymology

buy +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?.??/

Verb

buying

1. present participle of buy

Derived terms

• impulse buying
• panic buying

Noun

buying (countable and uncountable, plural buyings)

1. The act of making a purchase.
   • 1707, A General Discourse of Commerce (page 126)

     […] Reckonings of all and every his Dealings, Doings, Buyings and Sellings and Employments, touching and concerning the Premises […]

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English delynge, from Old English d?lung; equivalent to deal +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Hyphenation: deal?ing

Noun

dealing (plural dealings)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A business transaction.
2. One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with others.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene iii^[1]:

     Shylock:

     O father Abram, what these Christians are,

     Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect

     The thoughts of others! […]

Derived terms

• double-dealing
• fair dealing
• inside dealing
• slavedealing
• wheeling and dealing

Verb

dealing

1. present participle of deal

Anagrams

• Negidal, adeling, aligned, dealign, diangle, lagenid, leading, leidang