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dealership

dealership

102 3.9
A business that sells new and used cars to local customers
  • noun
  • /ˈdiːlərˌʃɪp/
: 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.