bargain down

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bargain down - persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100"

chaffer, haggle, higgle, huckster - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"

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They can use problems such as leaky taps or electrical sockets that are falling off walls to bargain down the price.

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Ashley seems immune to his appeals and it is fair to say that a man who can bargain down the administrators of the House of Fraser to [pounds sterling]90m is not going to pay that much for a striker.

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In particular, he loathes his customers: those who want to chat; those who hang around for hours but don't buy anything; those who try to bargain down prices, and understandably those who check their phones to see if they can get the books cheaper on Amazon.

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Shafee had earlier tried to bargain down the initial RM4 million bail to just RM500,000 which was rejected by Thomas.

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Or she would try to bargain down a P100 price tag by suggesting P900.

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Congress should repeal the ban on negotiating and give Medicare the leverage it needs to bargain down the prices of prescription drugs.

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You are able to use a market which is massively oversupplied and drive the bargain down. Once you do that, it improves your profitability," co-chief financial officer V Srikanth told reporters.