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• the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)

  synonym	dealingtransaction
  derivation	dealdeal
  hypernym	group action
  hyponym	affairsagiotageborrowingbusiness dealcommercecommercialismdealdowntickexchangeforward transactionmercantilismoperationsrentalrentingtradetrading operationstransfertransferenceuptick
  instance hyponym	Alaska PurchaseSeward's Folly

• social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')

  synonym	traffic
  derivation	deal
  hypernym	give-and-takeinterchangereciprocation
  hyponym	relation

• mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

  synonym	relations
  derivation	deal
  hypernym	social relation