haggling

hag·gle

 (hăg′əl)

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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hag′gler n.

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haggling

(ˈhæɡəlɪŋ)

n

bargaining or wrangling (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc)

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

haggling - an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) haggle, wrangling, wrangle bargaining - the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement

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Translations

haggling

[ˈhæglɪŋ] N

1. (over price) → regateo m

2. (= discussion) → discusión f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

haggling

[ˈhæg^əlɪŋ] n

(over price) → marchandage m

(= debate, argument) → tergiversations fpl

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haggling

n → Feilschen nt, → Gefeilsche nt, → Feilscherei f

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haggling

[ˈhæglɪŋ] n → contrattazione f

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