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noun

as in bargaining

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dickering

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verb

present participle of dicker
as in negotiating
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dickering
  1. bargaining
  2. negotiating
  3. negotiation
  4. dealing
  5. haggling
  6. transaction
  7. bargain
Noun
  • Writers, actors, and crew will have fewer employers to work for, which means less bargaining power & lower wages.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In recent years, lawmakers have gained greater control over the federal budget, a key tool of political bargaining.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of bargaining
Verb
  • Traffic through the waterway remains low and although Iran and Oman are negotiating over the waterway, there are no immediate signs of a deal.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • He may be entitled to dislike the Supreme Court’s answer but he is really not entitled to keep fidgeting with it as though a constitutional Supreme Court judgment were merely a negotiating position.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of negotiating
Noun
  • All eyes now turn towards negotiations between Iran and Oman expected to resolve how ships cross Hormuz.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • That claim was rebuffed by Iran, as negotiations with Tehran to open the crucial appear to have been stalled.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of negotiation
Verb
  • Had the technical stood, Clark would have been forced to sit out Tuesday’s matchup against the New York Liberty, dealing a significant blow to Indiana as the Fever continue their push through the season.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Irish police said at the time that the ⁠gang had ‌gone from dealing heroin and cocaine in Dublin in the 1990s to operating across Europe.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of dealing
Noun
  • After some spirited haggling at a public hearing, Star City Council members on July 7 approved a development plan for a commercial center on the northeast corner of Highway 44 between North Moyle Avenue and Plummer Road.
    — Noah Daly July 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026
  • No negotiating, no haggling, no surprises.
    — Rancho Santa Fe Review, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
Definition of haggling
Noun
  • Deutsche Bank has become the first non-Chinese bank allowed to settle yuan transactions in Europe, a major step in Beijing’s ambitions to dislodge the supremacy of the US dollar.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But the professor also says the transaction raises a more fundamental question about what universities should be doing with their land at a moment when AI infrastructure is booming.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of transaction
Noun
  • Universities are breaking the economic bargain that once kept experts in the classroom.
    — Francisco Ruiz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But Norwich City were here long before the by-now-familiar array of bargain stores, DIY merchants and shoe shops that can be found a couple of hundred yards away.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of bargain
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