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☆ dicker (dik′ər)

intransitive verb

to trade by bargaining, esp. on a small or petty scale; barter or haggle

Etymology: < dicker, ten, ten hides (as a unit of barter) < ME dycer, akin to Du daker, Ger decher, Dan deger, ult. < L decuria, a division of ten < decem, ten

noun

the act of bargaining or haggling

Etymology: < dickerthe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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