dicker
dicker · dickers · dickered · dickering
To bargain, haggle or negotiate over a saleTo bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale.
UK/ˈdɪkə(ɹ)/US/ˈdɪkɚ/
» Helena Smithson, née Dickers, is not a woman to be messed with.
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3 senses(intransitive)To bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale.
(intransitive)To barter.
(intransitive)To fiddle.
More definitions
- negotiate the terms of an exchange
Examples
1 sentencesHelena Smithson, née Dickers, is not a woman to be messed with.
Origin
From Middle English diker (“measure of ten”), from Late Latin dacra (“a dicker”), from LatFrom Middle English diker (“measure of ten”), from Late Latin dacra (“a dicker”), from Latin decuria (“a ten of something”), from decem (“ten”).
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Forms
dickers, dickering, dickered, dickeredSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- negotiate the terms of an exchange:bargain
Word family
1 related wordsDeriveddickerer
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.