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haggling

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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.

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

haggler n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hagglinghaggling - an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
bargaining - the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement
Translations
haggling [ˈhæglɪŋ] nregateo
haggling [ˈhæglɪŋ] nmarchandage m
haggling [ˈhæglɪŋ] haggle nFeilschen nt
haggling [ˈhæglɪŋ] ncontrattazioni fpl


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The pleasure of haggling over the price was a sufficiently potent lure to draw Bukawai to the mouth of the cave.
I dropped in there while Marco, the son of Marco, was haggling with a shopkeeper over a quarter of a pound of salt, and asked for change for a twenty-dollar gold piece.
That's what I'll do, and not stand haggling over trifles, but wash my hands at once of the whole business, and enjoy my rents like a duke, and let things go their own way.
 
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