Definition of dicker

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dick·er    (dkr) KEY 

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

To bargain; barter.

NOUN:

The act or process of bargaining.

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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