Dickers

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To engage in negotiation or bargaining, typically with the intent of obtaining a better price or deal
2. To engage in petty arguments or disputes over trivial matters
3. To be involved in back-and-forth discussions that may be contentious or drawn-out

Etymology: Before it meant haggling, "dicker" was a unit of counting: a set of ten, most often ten hides sold as one lot. The noun likely came into English from Middle Dutch "dekker," itself descended from Latin "decem," meaning ten. Hides were a valuable trade good, so negotiating over a dicker meant bargaining over the whole batch, with offers and counteroffers going back and forth. That habit of trading gave the verb its sense of negotiating, which American English later extended to bargaining of any kind.

Synonyms: negotiate, haggle, bargain

Antonyms: agree