noun
- the act of negotiating or bargaining
Usage: informal
verb
- to negotiate or bargain, especially over a price
Usage: informal
Examples
- They spent an hour dickering over the price of the used car.
- After much dickering, they finally agreed on a fair price.
- The customer was dickering with the vendor at the farmers market.
- She’s good at dickering and always gets a better deal.
- The dickering went on for hours before they reached an agreement.
- He doesn’t like dickering and prefers fixed prices.