handling

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈhændlɪŋ/

Noun

handling

1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.

   • The heavens and your fair handling / Have made you master of the field this day.

   • 1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives

     […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c.

2. (arts) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
3. A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.

Related terms

• handling charge
• handling fee

Translations

• French: manipulation, maniement
• German: Bedienung, Handhabung, Umgang, Handling
• Portuguese: manuseio, manejo
• Russian: обрабо́тка
• Spanish: manipulación, manejo

Translations

• German: Hehlerei
• Spanish: alcahuetería, receptación, encubrimiento

Verb

1. present participle of handle#English|handle

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