dealings - the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me"affairs - transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state" operations, trading operations - financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records exchange - the act of giving something in return for something received; "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable" business deal, deal, trade - a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal" downtick - a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction uptick - a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction renting, rental - the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) Seward's Folly - the transaction in 1867 in which the United States secretary of state William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia |