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< Dickens, Charles John Huffam

Dickerson, Eric Demetric >

dick·er

r) KEY

intr.v.
dick·ered, dick·er·ing, dick·ers

To bargain; barter.

NOUN:

The act or process of bargaining.

ETYMOLOGY:
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 Indo-European roots

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