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dicker — dick·er / di kər/ vi dick·ered, dick·er·ing: to seek to arrive at a workable and agreeable arrangement by negotiating and haggling Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. dicker … Law dictionary
dicker — dick|er [ˈdıkə US ər] v [i]informal especially AmE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from dicker group of ten (animal skins) (11 19 centuries) (from the exchanging of skins for other goods)] to argue about or discuss the details of a sale,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
dicker — [[t]dɪ̱kə(r)[/t]] dickers, dickering, dickered V RECIP (disapproval) If you say that people are dickering about something, you mean that they are arguing or disagreeing about it, often in a way that you think is foolish or unnecessary. [mainly… … English dictionary
dicker — 1. verb /ˈdɪkə(r),ˈdɪkɚ/ a) to bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale b) to barter 2. noun /ˈdɪkə(r),ˈdɪkɚ/ … Wiktionary
dicker — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dyker, from Latin decuria quantity of ten, from decem ten more at ten Date: 14th century the number or quantity of 10 especially of hides or skins II. intransitive verb (dickered; dickering) Etymology: origin… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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… … Universalium
Lower Dicker — Infobox SSSI name=Lower Dicker aos=East Sussex interest=Geological gridref=gbmappingsmall|TQ557111 area=0.12 hectares notifydate=1998 http://www.natureonthemap.org.uk/map.aspx? ] Lower Dicker (gbmappingsmall|TQ557111) is a 0.12 hectare (0.23… … Wikipedia
Tortilla Flat — infobox Book | name = Tortilla Flat title orig = translator = image caption = First edition author = John Steinbeck cover artist = Ruth Gannett country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Covici Friede release… … Wikipedia
Flatlander (short story) — Flatlander is an English language science fiction short story written in 1967 by Larry Niven. It is the third in the series of Known Space stories featuring crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer. The short story was originally published in Worlds of If ,… … Wikipedia
Haggle — To haggle is to argue or negotiate over a price. Most people that wangle stuff are usually quite good at haggling. I just learnt that in the USA you dicker over a price, particularly for used cars! … The American's guide to speaking British
Kater — dicker/schwerer Kopf, Katerstimmung; (ugs.): Brummschädel, Hangover, Katzenjammer. * * * Kater 1.→Katze 2.Kopfschmerzen,Katerstimmung,Unwohlsein,Missbehagen,Ernüchterung,Niedergeschlagenheit,Tiefstand,Depression;ugs.:Katzenjammer,Brummschädel,Mora… … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
