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noun

Definition of dickeringnext
as in bargaining

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dickering

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verb

present participle of dicker
as in dealing
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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  1. negotiation
  2. negotiating
  3. dealing
  4. transaction
  5. bargain
Noun
  • Jamieson Greer Washington lawyer Jamieson Greer is Trump’s pick to lead international trade negotiations.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Republicans made good on their promise not to show up for a vote Friday unless Tate put up bills to keep negotiations on the minimum wage and paid sick leave laws alive.
    Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of negotiation
Verb
  • Last Christmas Eve, Posen was with her in the hospital, negotiating with Dickson by phone.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Watch on Deadline As Deadline reported in August, Yellowstone producers MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios had been negotiating with Reilly and Hauser for months.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of negotiating
Noun
  • But the league has done little, if anything, to enforce its code of conduct, which requires honest dealing, ethical behavior and respect between coaches and players.
    Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The fallout of the center’s business dealings with Med Ed Labs continued.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of dealing
Noun
  • The undiscovered country lies in unleashing machine intelligence on Bitcoin transactions.
    Korok Ray, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • That whiteboard represented a wide range of possibilities on the table for the Red Sox as baseball’s busiest transaction week began from pursuing free-agent starters to trading for pitchers to adding to the offense to further bolstering the bullpen.
    Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of transaction
Noun
  • But clearly that bargain had eroded, and much more swiftly than anyone outside of Syria understood or anticipated.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Here is the framework announced by the Cinema Foundation: National Popcorn Day (January 19) The Sunday of Martin Luther King Jr Birthday weekend will have theaters reduce concession prices led by popcorn and other bargains.
    Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of bargain
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