英语词汇“dicker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To dicker is to haggle or bargain. When you buy something at a yard sale, you often have to dicker over the price.

When you dicker, you negotiate, often with some arguing or going back and forth. Your new dog walker might dicker with you over how many walks your dog needs each day, and a savvy kid will dicker with her grandmother over how many cookies she's allowed to have after lunch. The word is purely American, from the early 1800s, possibly from the old fashioned noun dicker, which was once a unit of trade that meant "a set of ten hides."

WORD FAMILY

dicker: dickered, dickering, dickers

USAGE EXAMPLES

Here’s a brief guide to when — and when not — to dicker over the sticker.

Seattle Times(Nov 18, 2016)

Richard Dicker, international justice director at Human Rights Watch, also urged South Africa to reconsider its withdrawal decision.

Seattle Times(Oct 24, 2016)

“He certainly has strong supporters, and he has strong detractors,” he told Albany’s Talk 1300 radio host Fred Dicker on Thursday.

Washington Times(Sep 05, 2016)

v negotiate the terms of an exchange

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

bargain

chaffer, haggle, higgle, huckster

wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

bargain down, beat down

persuade the seller to accept a lower price

negociate, negotiate, talk terms

discuss the terms of an arrangement

单词	dicker
释义	dicker (once / 8907 pages) v To dicker is to haggle or bargain. When you buy something at a yard sale, you often have to dicker over the price. When you dicker, you negotiate, often with some arguing or going back and forth. Your new dog walker might dicker with you over how many walks your dog needs each day, and a savvy kid will dicker with her grandmother over how many cookies she's allowed to have after lunch. The word is purely American, from the early 1800s, possibly from the old fashioned noun dicker, which was once a unit of trade that meant "a set of ten hides." WORD FAMILY dicker: dickered, dickering, dickers USAGE EXAMPLES Here’s a brief guide to when — and when not — to dicker over the sticker. Seattle Times(Nov 18, 2016) Richard Dicker, international justice director at Human Rights Watch, also urged South Africa to reconsider its withdrawal decision. Seattle Times(Oct 24, 2016) “He certainly has strong supporters, and he has strong detractors,” he told Albany’s Talk 1300 radio host Fred Dicker on Thursday. Washington Times(Sep 05, 2016) v negotiate the terms of an exchange Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bargain chaffer, haggle, higgle, huckster wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) bargain down, beat down persuade the seller to accept a lower price negociate, negotiate, talk terms discuss the terms of an arrangement
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