dicker
1- 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.
- a petty bargain.
- a barter or swap.
- an item or goods bartered or swapped.
- a deal, especially a political deal.
Origin of dicker
1dicker
2- the number or quantity ten, especially a lot of ten hides or skins.
Origin of dicker
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Contemporary Examples of dicker
The only thing America lacks is a tough, take no prisoners "Negotiator-in-Chief" to dicker America's way to the top again.
Historical Examples of dicker
It looks to me as if 'twould be pretty good business to dicker with him.
Thankful's InheritanceJoseph C. Lincoln
Yet the men had an ineradicable propensity to dicker among themselves.
The Siege of BostonAllen French
Dicker, I want you to bring in a bill to make Fastburg the only capital.
Stories by American Authors (Volume 4)Constance Fenimore Woolson
"I did not," confessed Mr. Dicker, with a mixture of shame and abhorrence.
Stories by American Authors (Volume 4)Constance Fenimore Woolson
"I'm a hustler on a dicker, and a hellion on junk," snapped the boss.
Blow The Man DownHolman Day
dicker
- to trade (goods) by bargaining; barter
- (intr) to negotiate a political deal
- a petty bargain or barter
- the item or items bargained or bartered
- a political deal or bargain
Word Origin for dicker
Word Origin and History for dicker
"haggle, bargain in a petty way," 1802, American English, perhaps from dicker (n.) "a unit or package of tens," especially hides (attested from late 13c.), perhaps from Latin decuria "parcel of ten" (supposedly a unit of barter on the Roman frontier; cf. German Decher "set of ten things"), from decem "ten" (see ten) on model of centuria from centum.