dealer

Plural: dealers

Noun

• someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
• a firm engaged in trading
• a seller of illicit goods
  • "a dealer in stolen goods"
• the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
• the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game
• One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
• A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
• A particular type of stock broker or trader.
• The person who deals the cards in a card game.
• One who deals or metes out anything.

Examples

• "That used car dealer gave me a great deal on my 1962 rusted-out Volkswagen bug!"

Synonyms

bargainer, monger, peddler, principal, salesman, trader