dicker Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb negotiate the terms of an exchange
    bargain.
    • We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar

WordNet

Dick"er noun
Etymology
Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr, Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See Ten.
Definitions
  1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. Obs.
    A dicker of cowhides. Heywood.
  2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. U.S.
    For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. Whittier.
Dick"er intransitive verb & transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. U.S. "Ready to dicker. and to swap." Cooper.

Webster 1913