dicker

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dicker
    v 1: negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a
         beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: {dicker}, {bargain}]
from The 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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dicker \Dick"er\, v. i. & t.
   To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker.
   and to swap." --Cooper. Dickey
from 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
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