DICKERING
Verb
dickering
present participle of dicker
Noun
dickering (countable and uncountable, plural dickerings)
bargaining
bartering
Source: Wiktionary
DICKER
Dick"er, n. Etym: [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr, Dan. deger,
G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to
L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See Ten.]
1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a
dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. [Obs.]
A dicker of cowhides. Heywood.
2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a
dicker. [U.S.]
For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. Whittier.
Dick"er, v. i. & t.
Definition: To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and
to swap." Cooper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition