Thesaurus results for DICKER

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verb

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as in to negotiate

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase they dickered over the price of the car for a few minutes

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noun

as in exchange

a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another was hoping to make a dicker with another collector of records from the 1950s

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Recent Examples of dicker

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But nothing said at this point can be separated from the bluffing and haggling and dickering central to such high-dollar negotiations. —

Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024 Last year’s announcement was delayed nearly an hour while the Atlantic Coast Conference, bowl directors and television executives dickered — bickered? —

Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023 Conrad's lawyer dickered for weeks with the owners of Baldwin House. —

Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023 Numerous lawsuits have been filed, especially against Weinstein and his company, but remain mired in legal limbo as attorneys for plaintiffs and defendants dicker over damages. —

Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2021

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The decision to close the location comes after negotiating for months upon the urging of the city of Dallas and local leaders to work out an arrangement for how the store could keep operating.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
But Qatar appears to be more flexible, with a top official saying on Sunday that the country would be willing to negotiate on fees collected for mine clearance or other short-term activities.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 2 June 2026