wheeling and dealing

wheeling and dealing
   Someone accused of wheeling and dealing is thought to be involved in complicated, if not dishonest, deals in business or politics.
   

Since the beginning of the election campaign, there's been a lot of wheeling and dealing going on.


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  • wheeling and dealing — ➔ dealing * * * wheeling and dealing UK US noun [U] INFORMAL ► COMMERCE the activity of making clever, complicated, and sometimes dishonest business arrangements: »He loves the wheeling and dealing of land sales. »They need to be more open with… …   Financial and business terms

  • wheeling and dealing — (informal; orig US) Same as ↑wheeler dealing above • • • Main Entry: ↑wheel …   Useful english dictionary

  • wheeling and dealing — n [U] activities that involve a lot of complicated and sometimes dishonest deals, especially in business or politics …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • wheeling and dealing — complicated and sometimes dishonest agreements in business or politics that people try to achieve in order to make profits or get advantages. It s an article about all the wheeling and dealing that goes on in financial markets …   New idioms dictionary

  • wheeling and dealing — Synonyms and related words: agency, barter, bartering, brokerage, buying and selling, dealing, doing business, exchange, give and take, horse trading, interchange, jobbing, merchandising, retailing, swapping, trade, trading, trafficking,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • wheeling and dealing — noun The activity of working as an intermediary, making a profit from by buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties …   Wiktionary

  • wheeling and dealing — noun (U) activities that involve a lot of complicated and sometimes dishonest deals, especially in business or politics …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • wheeling and dealing — noun intense negotiations in business or politics …  

  • dealing — Entering into transactions in investments either for customers or for the firm s own account. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary * * * dealing deal‧ing [ˈdiːlɪŋ] noun 1. [uncountable] FINANCE the job or activity of buying and… …   Financial and business terms

  • dealing — deal|ing [ˈdi:lıŋ] n 1.) dealings [plural] the business activities or relationships that someone is involved in ▪ an investigation of his financial dealings dealings with ▪ She is ruthless in her dealings with competitors. ▪ We ve had dealings… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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