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haggle
[ hag-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
haggled, haggling.
- to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner:
They spent hours haggling over the price of fish.
- to wrangle, dispute, or cavil:
The senators haggled interminably over the proposed bill.
verb (used with object)
haggled, haggling.
- to mangle in cutting; hack.
- to settle on by haggling.
- Archaic. to harass with wrangling or haggling.
noun
- the act of haggling; wrangle or dispute over terms.
haggle
/ ˈæɡə /
verb
- introften foll byover to bargain or wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc); barter
- rare.tr to hack
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Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- g noun
- ܲ·g adjective
- ܲ·gԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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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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