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dicker
dick·er D0206600 (dĭk′ər)intr.v. dick·ered, dick·er·ing, dick·ers To bargain; barter.n. The act or process of bargaining.
[Probably from dicker, a quantity of ten, ten hides, from Middle English diker, perhaps from Old English *dicor, from Latin decuria, set of ten, from decem, ten; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.]dicker (ˈdɪkə) vb1. (Commerce) to trade (goods) by bargaining; barter2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (intr) to negotiate a political dealn3. a. a petty bargain or barterb. the item or items bargained or bartered4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a political deal or bargain[C12: ultimately from Latin decuria decury; related to Middle Low German dēker lot of ten hides]dick•er1 (ˈdɪk ər)
v.i. 1. to bargain; haggle. n. 2. a barter or swap. [1795–1805; perhaps v. use of dicker2] dick•er2 (ˈdɪk ər)
n. the number or quantity ten, esp. of hides. [1225–75; Middle English diker < Old French dacre, Medieval Latin dikeria; compare Latin decuria (see decurion)] Dicker a lot of ten hides or skin, 1307; a package or lot of ten; a considerable number.Examples: dicker of gloves, 1307; of hides [ten], 1307; of horseshoes, 1307; of kisses, 1602; of knives, 1553; of news, 1641; of wit, 1598.dicker
Past participle: dickered
Gerund: dickering
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| I dicker | | you dicker | | he/she/it dickers | | we dicker | | you dicker | | they dicker |
| Preterite |
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| I dickered | | you dickered | | he/she/it dickered | | we dickered | | you dickered | | they dickered |
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| I am dickering | | you are dickering | | he/she/it is dickering | | we are dickering | | you are dickering | | they are dickering |
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| I have dickered | | you have dickered | | he/she/it has dickered | | we have dickered | | you have dickered | | they have dickered |
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| I was dickering | | you were dickering | | he/she/it was dickering | | we were dickering | | you were dickering | | they were dickering |
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| I had dickered | | you had dickered | | he/she/it had dickered | | we had dickered | | you had dickered | | they had dickered |
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| I will dicker | | you will dicker | | he/she/it will dicker | | we will dicker | | you will dicker | | they will dicker |
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| I will have dickered | | you will have dickered | | he/she/it will have dickered | | we will have dickered | | you will have dickered | | they will have dickered |
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| I will be dickering | | you will be dickering | | he/she/it will be dickering | | we will be dickering | | you will be dickering | | they will be dickering |
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| I have been dickering | | you have been dickering | | he/she/it has been dickering | | we have been dickering | | you have been dickering | | they have been dickering |
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| I will have been dickering | | you will have been dickering | | he/she/it will have been dickering | | we will have been dickering | | you will have been dickering | | they will have been dickering |
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| I had been dickering | | you had been dickering | | he/she/it had been dickering | | we had been dickering | | you had been dickering | | they had been dickering |
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| I would dicker | | you would dicker | | he/she/it would dicker | | we would dicker | | you would dicker | | they would dicker |
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| I would have dickered | | you would have dickered | | he/she/it would have dickered | | we would have dickered | | you would have dickered | | they would have dickered |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  dicker - negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar"bargainnegotiate, talk terms, negociate - discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house"chaffer, haggle, higgle, huckster - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" |
dickerverbTo argue about the terms, as of a sale:bargain, haggle, higgle, huckster, negotiate, palter.Translationsdicker
dicker with (one)To haggle or negotiate with one. Don't dicker with me over the price of this mirror, bub—take it or leave it!See also: dickerdicker with someone (for something) and dicker with someone (over something)to bargain with someone for something; to haggle with someone for something. I don't want to stand here dickering with you for a cheap trinket. I don't want to waste time dickering with them over a few dollars.See also: dickerMedicalSeeDickdicker
Related to dicker: diker, docker, dickies, hagglersSynonyms for dickerverb to argue about the terms, as of a saleSynonyms- bargain
- haggle
- higgle
- huckster
- negotiate
- palter
Synonyms for dickerverb negotiate the terms of an exchangeSynonymsRelated Words- negotiate
- talk terms
- negociate
- chaffer
- haggle
- higgle
- huckster
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