dicker

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale.
2. (intransitive) To barter.
3. (intransitive) To fiddle.

Noun

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A unit of measure, consisting of 10 of some object, particularly hides and skins.
2. (US, countable, uncountable) A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares.

Synonyms

haggle

bargain

negotiate

barter

drive a bargain

dither

chaffer

hesitate

huckster

hypothecate

hypothesise

hypothesize

judge

🧑‍⚖️

beat down

quibble

reckon

suppose

theorise

theorize

think

🤔

truck

🚚

vacillate

wrangle

take issue with

bargain down

deal

Translations

mercanteggiare

trato

marchander

pazarlık

glauben

handeln

regatejar

spekulieren

feilschen

theorisieren

vermuten

Vermutungen anstellen

Mutmaßungen anstellen

Hypothesen aufstellen

schätzen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɪkə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: diker

In summary

From Middle English diker (“measure of ten”), from Late Latin dacra (“a dicker”), from Latin decuria (“a ten of something”), from decem (“ten”).