dickers 1 of 2

noun

plural of dicker
as in exchanges
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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dickers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dicker
as in deals
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 dickers
  1. exchanges
  2. deals
  3. trucks
  4. negotiates
  5. haggles
  6. bargains
  7. bickers
Noun
  • Wrexham were given something of a runaround in the opening exchanges before finally settling into a rhythm.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Keith Humphreys, a Stanford psychiatry and behavioral-sciences professor and a former adviser to President Obama, supports needle exchanges and opposes the widespread jailing of users.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of exchanges
Verb
  • To two young stars whose endorsement deals dwarf their league salaries, $400 is probably couch-cushion change.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • The online shop currently has under-the-radar deals up to 80 percent off, from early fall clothing to cozy home upgrades.
    — Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of deals
Noun
  • Those are becoming a rare breed as many carriers now use trucks and deliver to boxes on streets.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • At the gates into Ceuta, Moroccan authorities had deployed water cannon trucks and pushed people back.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Definition of trucks
Verb
  • Cusick and Kretschmann offer complementary chords of variable petulance and insecurity, as newcomer Cuoso ably negotiates her character’s shifting ambiguities.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • The federal government also negotiates directly with pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices of some of the most expensive drugs in Medicare, through a program created by Congress in 2022.
    — Ali Swenson, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of negotiates
Verb
  • But a family reunion is up in the air as Harry haggles over security arrangements and accommodations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
Definition of haggles
Verb
  • The union usually bargains in the same year as performers’ union SAG-AFTRA and directors’ union the Directors Guild of America.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2026
  • One potential—though untested—workaround would be for conferences, which are private entities, to serve as a joint employer that bargains with a players’ union.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of bargains
Verb
  • The pope, played by Samora la Perdida, is a mincing oaf who bickers with Galas about the value of translating Wagner.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of bickers
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