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dick•er



Pronunciation: (dik'ur), [key]
—v.i.
1. to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
2. to barter.
3. to try to arrange matters by mutual bargaining: They dickered for hours over some of the finer points of the contract.

—n.
1. a petty bargain.
2. a barter or swap.
3. an item or goods bartered or swapped.
4. a deal, esp. a political deal.

dick•er



Pronunciation: (dik'ur), [key]
—n.
the number or quantity ten, esp. a lot of ten hides or skins.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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