haggle (redirected from haggles)

hag·gle  (hgl)

v. hag·gled, hag·gling, hag·gles

v.intr.

1. To bargain, as over the price of something; dicker: "He preferred to be overcharged than to haggle" (W. Somerset Maugham).

2. To argue in an attempt to come to terms.

v.tr.

1. To cut (something) in a crude, unskillful manner; hack.

2. Archaic To harass or worry by wrangling.

n.

An instance of bargaining or arguing.

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[Frequentative of dialectal hag, to chop, hack, from Middle English haggen, from Old Norse höggva; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]

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haggler n.

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haggle [ˈhæg^əl]

vb

1. (intr; often foll by over) to bargain or wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); barter

2. (tr) Rare to hack

[of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse haggva to hew]

haggler  n

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Haggle of vendors: shopkeepers collectively—Lipton, 1970.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	haggle - an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) haggling, wrangling, wrangle bargaining - the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement
Verb	1.	haggle - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" chaffer, higgle, huckster bargain down, beat down - persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100" bargain, dicker - negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar"

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haggle

verb

1. bargain, barter, beat down, drive a hard bargain, dicker (chiefly U.S.), chaffer, palter, higgle Ella taught her how to haggle with used furniture dealers.

2. wrangle, dispute, quarrel, squabble, bicker as the politicians haggle, the violence worsens

Translations

haggle [ˈhægl] VI

1. (= bargain) → regatear
to haggle over the price → regatear, regatear el precio

2. (= argue) → discutir

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haggle [ˈhæg^əl] vi

(for price) → marchander
to haggle over sth [+ price] → marchander sur qch

(= debate, argue) → tergiverser

haggle down

vt sep [+ price] → faire baisser

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haggle

vi (= bargain) → feilschen (about or over um); (= argue also) → sich (herum)streiten (over um or wegen); let’s stop haggling over who’s going to pay → hören wir doch auf mit dem Hin und Her (darüber), wer nun bezahlt

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haggle [ˈhægl] vi to haggle (over) (bargain) → contrattare (su); (argue) → discutere (su)

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haggle

v haggle [ˈhӕgl]

to argue about the price of something, or about the terms of an agreement. twis, kibbel يُماحِك، يُساوِم пазаря се smlouvat prutte; parlamentere feilschen παζαρεύω regatear; discutir tingima چانه زدن tinkiä marchander לְהִתמַקֵח על- मोल-भाव करना cjenkati se, pogadati se alkudozik tawar-menawar prútta, þrátta contrattare 値切る 승강이하다 derėtis kaulēties tawar steggelen prute, krangle targować się regatear a se tocmi торговаться dojednávať barantati cenjkati se pruta, köpslå ต่อรองราคา sıkı pazarlık etmek 討價還價 торгуватися بھاؤ تاؤ کرنا mặc cả （在价格、条件等方面）讨价还价

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haggle → يُساوِم smlouvat tinge feilschen παζαρεύω regatear tinkiä marchander cjenjkati se contrattare うるさく値切る 값을 끈질기게 깎다 kibbelen prute utargować regatear торговаться pruta ต่อรองราคา pazarlık etmek mặc cả 争价