dicker 1
/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 DICKER 2 ]
dicker 2
/dik"euhr/ , n.
the number or quantity ten, esp. a lot of ten hides or skins.
[ 1225-75; ME diker dacre, ML dikeria; cf. L decuria DECURY ]