Definitions for haggleˈhæg əl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hag•gleˈhæg əl(v.; n.)-gled, -gling
(v.i.)to bargain in a petty, quibbling, often contentious manner:
to haggle for a better price.
to dispute or cavil; wrangle:
to haggle over the use of a word.
(v.t.)to mangle in cutting; hack.
Archaic. to harass with wrangling or haggling.
(n.)the act of haggling; a wrangle or dispute.
Origin of haggle:
1575–85; appar. freq. of ME haggen to cut, chop (< ON hǫggva to hew ); see -le
Princeton's WordNet
haggle, haggling, wrangle, wrangling(verb)
an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster(verb)
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
"Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
Wiktionary
haggle(Verb)
To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
I haggled for a better price because the original price was too high.
haggle(Verb)
To hack (cut crudely)
Webster Dictionary
Haggle(verb)
to cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood
Haggle(verb)
to be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle
Haggle(noun)
the act or process of haggling
Translations for haggle
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
haggle(verb)
to argue about the price of something, or about the terms of an agreement.
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