dicker

4 definitions found

dicker - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dicker \Dick"er\, n. [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr,
     Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the
     number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten,
     fr. decem ten. See Ten.]
     1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or
        skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. [Obs.]
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              A dicker of cowhides.                 --Heywood.
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     2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to
        make a dicker. [U.S.]
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              For peddling dicker, not for honest sales.
                                                    --Whittier.
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  Dicker \Dick"er\, v. i. & t.
     To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker.
     and to swap." --Cooper. Dickey

dicker - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dicker
      v 1: negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a
           beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: dicker, bargain]

dicker - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "dicker":
     bargain, barter, beat down, bid, bid for, chaffer, cheapen, deal,
     drive a bargain, haggle, higgle, huckster, jew down, negotiate,
     negotiation, outbid, palter, trade, underbid