haggle

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
2. (transitive) To hack (cut crudely)
3. To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

Synonyms

bargain

dicker

chaffer

dispute

negotiate

haggling

wrangle

argue

drive a bargain

higgle

palter

price negotiation

counterpurpose

huckster

barter

bicker

wrangling

mangle

mutilate

quibble

reckon

resist

spar

squabble

stickle

strive

struggle

suppose

talk back

theorise

theorize

think

🤔

triviality

wager

be unwilling

dispute with

take advantage

beat down the price

argue against

argue back and forth

be incompatible

be too mindful

inclined to be contentious

keep arguing

negotiate a price

take issue with

bargaining

bet

brabble

contend

Translations

marchander

feilschen

mercanteggiare

afdingen

regatear

marchanderen

pechinchar

pingelen

regatear

contrattare

dingen

markten

barganhar

marchandage

παζαρεύω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhæɡəl/

Etymology

1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of Middle English haggen (“to chop”), variant of hacken (“to hack”), equivalent to hack + -le. Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away.