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verb

Definition of dicker

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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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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As Kroenke and Moreno negotiated a sale, change was already underway.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Ironically, the aesthetic language of the old colonial overlords helped negotiate between conflicting sensitivities and aspirations.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of negotiate

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Meanwhile, a federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Justice Department's push to force Google to sell its ad exchange, another victory for the company against the government's antitrust efforts.

— MacKenzie Sigalos,Drew Troast, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Additionally, the hoard contained both Arab and Anglo-Saxon coins, indicating the Vikings’ involvement in broader economic exchange between Europe and Southwest Asia during this period.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of exchange

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If Cease and the rotation keep dealing and Louis Varland and the bullpen can survive one more month, any offensive revival would make the Jays a real threat.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Detectives suspected that members of a Black gang, the Original Valley Gangster Crips, killed him in an attempt to wrest control of the drug dealing hub.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of deal

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However, the two parties met to bargain the four-day mandate in late April — more than two months before the mandate started.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The Teamsters have been enthusiastically endorsing the bill specifically because, while 40-something employers would be difficult to collectively bargain against, DSP workers would be much easier to organize once within Amazon.

— Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of bargain

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Former executive chairman Daniel Levy had a reputation for haggling over deals, sometimes allowing rival clubs to steal transfer targets from them.

— Jay Harris, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Biden-era federal policies also likely played a role — most notably the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which for the first time allowed Medicare to haggle with drugmakers over the cost of the top-selling prescription drugs in the program.

— Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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