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haggle

[ hag-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

haggled, haggling.
  1. to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner:

    They spent hours haggling over the price of fish.

  2. to wrangle, dispute, or cavil:

    The senators haggled interminably over the proposed bill.



verb (used with object)

haggled, haggling.
  1. to mangle in cutting; hack.
  2. to settle on by haggling.
  3. Archaic. to harass with wrangling or haggling.

noun

  1. the act of haggling; wrangle or dispute over terms.

haggle

/ ˈæɡə /

verb

  1. introften foll byover to bargain or wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc); barter
  2. rare.
    tr to hack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 󲹲g noun
  • ܲ·󲹲g adjective
  • ܲ·󲹲gԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of haggle1

1275–1325; Middle English haggen to cut, chop (< Old Norse ǫ to hew ) + -le
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of haggle1

C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse haggva to hew
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Serhiy says it's already clear to him that there's "haggling behind Ukraine's back".

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The fishmonger and I haggled over the sea bass.

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This feels like looking forwards to a new future, without any more haggling over the past.

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Negotiators spent days haggling over terms and fees that Google would pay for the rights to carry Paramount channels.

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The pattern for years has been haggling between the chancellor at No 11 and other government departments over the sums.

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