intr.v. dick·ered, dick·er·ing, dick·ers To bargain; barter. n. The act or process of bargaining. [Probably from dicker, a quantity of ten, ten hides, from Middle English diker, perhaps from Old English *dicor, from Latin decuria, set of ten, from decem, ten; see dek in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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