as in dealing
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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After making one of the biggest trades before the trade deadline this season, dealing three-time All-Star Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants, the Red Sox were in the middle of rumors for most of the big-name players on the trade block.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025 -
The Browns are still dealing, even with a division rival.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Madden said his bargaining unit has reached some agreements with Kaiser over basic issues, but members are still pushing for the health system to maintain workers’ health care, retirement and pension benefits.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Roher stated that months of bargaining have yielded little progress.—
Aman Kidwai,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Ukraine is currently negotiating with its international partners to increase natural gas imports by about 30% as the winter approaches, according to energy minister Svitlana Grynchuk.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The partnership was built to oversee all of La Liga’s commercial and development activity in the region, as well as negotiating media rights on their behalf.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Trump had previously imposed 145% tariffs on China, then put them on hold to allow negotiations to play out.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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This story was updated to provide clarity about the plans impacted by these negotiations.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Posey did not draw out the process by haggling with Willy Adames or balk at a no-trade clause or give pause to breaking his own record for the largest contract in franchise history.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, a 21-member trade bloc, launched a digital payments system in a bid to cut transaction costs.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Welcome to Sportico’s transactions wire, a weekly rundown of personnel, partnerships, products and purchases across the sports business industry.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Merritt was also a bargain hunter, tracking down deals on the internet.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Oct. 2025
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The latest deal takes the bargain to a whole new level.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Dickering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dickering. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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