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dealership

dealership

102 3.9
A business that sells new and used cars to local customers
  • noun
  • /ˈdiːlərˌʃɪp/
translation icon : concesionario
  • I got a cousin over in Hoboken who runs a Mercedes dealership that sells luxury cars.
  • a car dealership
  • a local dealership
  • an automobile dealership

I went and sold cars for a Ford dealership for Galpin Ford.

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Examples

  • How's your car dealership going?

  • I got a cousin over in Hoboken, runs a Mercedes dealership.

  • And I remember driving to the dealership, excited, ready.

  • So I did that and then open the car dealership a few months after.

  • Well, I had a job at a dealership.

  • Looking at stock prices, you can see new car dealership stock prices are still at all time highs.

  • She'd say she was working late at the car dealership.

  • Mr. Murray owns the dealership.

  • I have a wife and children and plans to open another dealership in Charleston.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Crevier BMW is the largest BMW dealership in North America.

Synonyms

franchise
vsdealership
319 5.8

A shop or restaurant that uses a well-known brand and sells its products under an agreement

is a local business focused on selling vehicles rather than the formal right
dealer
vsdealership
227 2.7

A person or business that buys and sells items like art and cars

is a business authorized to sell a company's products locally, often vehicles
car dealer
vsdealership
18 1.4

A person or company that buys and sells cars

is an authorized local seller under company agreement, often specializing in vehicles
distributorship
vsdealership
2 6.8

A business allowed to sell a brand's products in a certain area

is a local business focused on selling products, often in vehicle markets

How Big

corporation
3.7
chain
310 2.9
dealership
102 3.9
outlet
82 2.3
shop
1.0
stall
38 1.0

Surface Forms

dealership singular
dealerships plural

Morphology

dealership = dealer (transparent) = deal + dealer + ship

Formed from the common noun 'dealer' plus the productive suffix '-ship' (office/place/state), so the meaning 'place or business of dealers' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Dealership comes from deal ('to trade') and the ending -ship ('state or place'), the same ending you see in friendship and leadership. So a dealership is the business or place where trading happens, which is why it means a company that sells cars.