haggle
- (intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
- (transitive) To hack (cut crudely)
- To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
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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.
drive a bargain
price negotiation
counterpurpose
be unwilling
dispute with
beat down the price
argue against
argue back and forth
be incompatible
be too mindful
inclined to be contentious
keep arguing
negotiate a price
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