单词 | dicker |
释义 | dicker dicker1 /dik"euhr/, 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. 4. a petty bargain. 5. a barter or swap. 6. an item or goods bartered or swapped. 7. a deal, esp. a political deal. [1795-1805; perh. v. use of DICKER2] dicker2 /dik"euhr/, n. the number or quantity ten, esp. a lot of ten hides or skins. [1225-75; ME diker < OF dacre, ML dikeria; cf. L decuria DECURY] |
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