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- Dictionaryhaggle/ˈhaɡl/
verb
- 1. dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something: "the two sides are haggling over television rights"
noun
- 1. a period of haggling: "an inevitable and lengthy haggle over compensation"
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to argue, esp. about the price of something: He hated to haggle over prices. (Definition of haggle from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) haggle | Business English. verb [ I ] uk / ˈhæɡl / us.
haggle. verb [ I or T ] us / ˈhæɡ. ə l / uk / ˈhæɡ. ə l / Add to word list. to attempt to decide on a price or conditions that are acceptable to the person selling the goods and the person buying them, usually by arguing: haggle over/about It's traditional that you haggle over/about the price of things in the market.
noun. : an act of negotiating or arguing over the terms of a purchase, agreement, or contract : an instance of haggling or bargaining. a haggle over price. Synonyms. Verb. bargain. chaffer. deal. dicker. horse-trade. negotiate. palter. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Definition of haggle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To haggle is to negotiate or argue over something, usually a price. You can haggle at a flea market or anywhere where the price of items is flexible. But haggle doesn’t always refer to price.
If you haggle, you argue about something before reaching an agreement, especially about the cost of something.
haggle. verb. /ˈhæɡl/. [intransitive] haggle (with somebody) (over something) Verb Forms. to argue with someone in order to reach an agreement, especially about the price of something I left him in the market haggling over the price of a shirt.
OED's earliest evidence for haggle is from 1829, in Lincoln, Rutland, & Stamford Mercury. It is also recorded as a verb from the late 1500s. haggle is formed within English, by conversion.
to argue, especially about the price of something: I spent 20 minutes haggling over the price of a leather bag. (Definition of haggle from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of haggle. in Chinese (Traditional) （對價格或條件）討價還價… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （对价格或条件）讨价还价… See more. in Spanish.
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