dicker

Definitions


[ˈdɪkə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- engage in petty argument or bargaining
(e.g: Sam advised him not to dicker over the extra fee)

- toy or fiddle with
(e.g: the company was still dickering with its pricing schedule)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century (originally US): perhaps from obsolete dicker ‘set of ten (hides’), used as a unit of trade, based on Latin decem ‘ten’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries