ər verb (used without object)
1.
to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
2.
to barter.
3.
to try to arrange matters by mutual bargaining: They dickered for hours over some of the finer points of the contract.
noun
4.
a petty bargain.
5.
a barter or swap.
6.
an item or goods bartered or swapped.
7.
a deal, especially a political deal.
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noun
the number or quantity ten, especially a lot of ten hides or skins.
Origin:
1225–75; Middle English diker < Old French dacre, Medieval Latin dikeria; compare Latin decuria decury
1225–75; Middle English diker < Old French dacre, Medieval Latin dikeria; compare Latin decuria decury
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to trade (goods) by bargaining; barter |
| 2. | (intr) to negotiate a political deal |
| —n | |
| 3. | a. a petty bargain or barter |
| b. the item or items bargained or bartered | |
| 4. | a political deal or bargain |
| [C12: ultimately from Latin decuria | |
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Word Origin & History
dicker
"haggle, bargain in a petty way," 1802, Amer.Eng., perhaps from dicker (n.) "a unit or package of tens," especially hides (attested from c.1275), probably from L. decuria "parcel of ten" (supposedly a unit of barter on the Roman frontier), from decem "ten" (see ten).
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