dicker

dicker
   a traditional unit of quantity equal to 10. The word is an English version of the Latin word for ten, decem. After centuries of use, especially by traders in furs and skins, the dicker has nearly disappeared from the English language.

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  • Dicker — ist der Name folgender Personen: Cintia Dicker (* 1986), brasilianisches Model Friedl Dicker Brandeis (1898–1944; gebürtig Friedl Dicker), österreichische Malerin, Kunsthandwerkerin und Innenarchitektin Gary Dicker (* 1986), irischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Dicker — Dick er, n. [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr, Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See {Ten}.] 1. The number or quantity of ten,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dicker — Dick er, v. i. & t. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] Ready to dicker. and to swap. Cooper …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 — ☆ dicker [dik′ər ] vi. [< dicker, ten, ten hides (as a unit of barter) < ME dycer, akin to Du daker, Ger decher, Dan deger, ult. < L decuria, a division of ten < decem, TEN] to trade by bargaining, esp. on a small or petty scale;… …   English World dictionary

  • dicker — (v.) haggle, bargain in a petty way, 1802, Amer.Eng., perhaps from dicker (n.) a unit or package of tens, especially hides (attested from late 13c.), perhaps from L. decuria parcel of ten (supposedly a unit of barter on the Roman frontier; Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • dicker — ► VERB 1) engage in petty argument or bargaining. 2) toy or fiddle with something. ORIGIN perhaps from obsolete dicker «set of ten hides», used as a unit of trade, from Latin decem ten …   English terms dictionary

  • Dicker — Dicker, Gewicht, nach welchem in Großbritannien Häute verkauft werden, 1 D. = 10 Stück, 20 D. = 1 Last …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • dicker — [v] bargain; argue about barter, buy and sell, chaffer, cut a deal*, haggle*, hammer out a deal*, huckster*, negotiate, palter, trade, work out a deal*; concepts 46,330 Ant. agree …   New thesaurus

  • dicker — v. to dicker for; with * * * [ dɪkə] with to dicker for …   Combinatory 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

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