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dealership

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdiːləʃɪp/
  • England, South: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IY1 L ER0 SH IH2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A place that sells items, especially cars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I visited the car dealership today.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: franchise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English dealer Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English dealership From dealer + -ship.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 車行 /车行 (chēháng) — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Dutch: dealer — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Finnish: liike — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Finnish: myymälä — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Finnish: autoliike (car dealership) — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • French: concessionnaire — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • German: Verkaufsvertretung — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Italian: concessionario — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Italian: concessionaria — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Polish: autogiełda — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Portuguese: concessionária — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Russian: аге́нтство (agéntstvo) — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Spanish: concesionario — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Spanish: concesionaria — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Spanish: automotora — a place that sells items, especially cars
  • Swedish: återförsäljare — a place that sells items, especially cars