Citations:dealings


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Men that have any dealings with him say it is better to deal with a Turk than with him; for fairer dealing they shall have at their hands.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"