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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DICKER, n. [Gr., ten. L.] In old authors, the number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; but applied to other things, as a dicker gloves, etc. [I believe not used in America.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English dyker, from Latin decuria quantity of ten, from decem ten — more at ten Date: 14th century the number or quantity of 10 especially of hides or skins II. intransitive verb (dickered; dickering) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1797 bargain <dickered over the price> III. noun Date: 1797 1. barter 2. an act or session of bargaining

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. esp. US --v. 1 a intr. bargain, haggle. b tr. barter, exchange. 2 intr. dither, hesitate. --n. a deal, a barter. Derivatives: dickerer n. Etymology: perh. f. dicker set of ten (hides), as a unit of trade

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] A dicker of cowhides. --Heywood. 2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [U.S.] For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. --Whittier.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dicker Dick"er, v. i. & t. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] ``Ready to dicker. and to swap.'' --Cooper.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dickers, dickering, dickered) If you say that people are dickering about something, you mean that they are arguing or disagreeing about it, often in a way that you think is foolish or unnecessary. (mainly AM) Management and labor are dickering over pay, benefits and working conditions... He may be expecting us to dicker. Don't. V-RECIP: pl-n V over/about n, V (non-recip), also pl-n V [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Ten, group of ten, bunch of ten.

Moby Thesaurus

bargain, barter, beat down, bid, bid for, chaffer, cheapen, deal, drive a bargain, haggle, higgle, huckster, jew down, negotiate, negotiation, outbid, palter, trade, underbid