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dealership

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈdiːləʃɪp//

A place that sells items, especially cars.

noun

  1. 1

    A place that sells items, especially cars.

    I visited the car dealership today.

    It comes as a series of weekly protests branded “Tesla Takedown” have occurred at various locations across the U.S., which has seen a number of vehicles set on fire and various charging stations and dealerships vandalized by protesters. On Tuesday, a masked man used molotov cocktails to firebomb a Tesla dealership in Las Vegas before firing rounds into the burning vehicles.

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.

Forms

plural
dealerships
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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