dicker (redirected from dickerers)

dick·er  (dkr)

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 Indo-European roots.]

---

Dicker a lot of ten hides or skin, 1307; a package or lot of ten; a considerable number.

Examples: dicker of gloves, 1307; of hides [ten], 1307; of horseshoes, 1307; of kisses, 1602; of knives, 1553; of news, 1641; of wit, 1598.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

dicker - negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" bargain negotiate, talk terms, negociate - discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house" chaffer, haggle, higgle, huckster - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"