dicker

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[ dik-er ]
/ ˈdɪk ər /

verb (used without object)

to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
to barter.
to try to arrange matters by mutual bargaining: They dickered for hours over some of the finer points of the contract.

noun

Origin of dicker

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First recorded in 1795–1805; perhaps v. use of dicker2

Words nearby dicker

dickcissel, dickens, dickens shunt, dickens, charles, dickensian, dicker, dickerson, dickey, dickeybird, dickhead, dickinson

Words related to dickered

haggle, barter, negotiate, palter, trade, huckster, chaffer

Example sentences from the Web for dickered

British Dictionary definitions for dickered

dicker
/ (ˈdɪkə) /

verb

to trade (goods) by bargaining; barter
(intr) to negotiate a political deal

noun

  1. a petty bargain or barter
  2. the item or items bargained or bartered
a political deal or bargain

Word Origin for dicker

C12: ultimately from Latin decuria decury; related to Middle Low German dēker lot of ten hides