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stealership

stealership noun: a car or motorcycle dealership, seen as charging exorbitant prices and trying to rip off customers.

Noun

stealership (plural stealerships)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A car or motorcycle dealership, seen as charging exorbitant prices and trying to rip off customers.
    • I am really surprised that the stealership didn't try to make arrangements with you to let them do the 500 mile checkup. There are a lot of other things that should be done at this time.1998 August 23, Hawgeye, “Intro and question”, in rec.motorcycles.harley (Usenet)
    • Of course the Mercedes stealerships are so bad now that I won't buy another one of those.2004 December 9, MCBRUE, “Dishonest Lexus Service?”, in alt.autos.lexus (Usenet)

Examples of stealership in a sentence

  • I'm trying to gain more experience working on my own car so I don't have to pay stealership prices for repair work (I've already made that mistake a couple of times :( )2009 March 30, Arif Khokar, “Re: Precognition?”, in rec.autos.driving (Usenet):
  • Some consumers call the outfits that employ these tactics "stealerships."[2022 August 30, Greg Rosalsky, “Inside the rise of 'stealerships' and the shady economics of car buying”, in NPR, archived from the...

Forms of stealership

pluralstealerships

Origin of stealership

Blend of steal + dealership.

Questions about stealership

What does stealership mean?
Stealership means a car or motorcycle dealership, seen as charging exorbitant prices and trying to rip off customers.
How do you use stealership in a sentence?
I'm trying to gain more experience working on my own car so I don't have to pay stealership prices for repair work (I've already made that mistake a couple of times :( )
What part of speech is stealership?
Stealership is a noun.
What is the plural of stealership?
The plural of stealership is stealerships.

Words near stealership in the dictionary

  1. stealection
  2. stealections
  3. stealed
  4. stealer
  5. stealers
  6. stealership
  7. stealerships
  8. steales
  9. stealest
  10. stealeth
  11. stealin'

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