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Grammar : Verb
Spell : hag-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæg əl



Definition of haggle

Origin :
  • 1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of haggen "to chop" (see hack (v.1)). Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away. Related: Haggled; haggling.
  • verb bicker, quarrel
Example sentences :
  • He did not perceive the reasons or the consequences of it, and this was what induced him to haggle.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • There was a point beyond which the Earl of Barfield could not haggle.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray
  • Perhaps he wished he had said more, when Tom did not haggle over the price.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson
  • You haggle over these trifles, and—why, look at your cabinet list!
  • Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips
  • For twenty-four hours the haggle went on as to terms of capitulation.
  • Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
  • At any rate, after the haggle of tax collection was finished, Bones set about his task.
  • Extract from : « Bones » by Edgar Wallace
  • As he was firm, and as I had no time to haggle, I agreed to give him the money.
  • Extract from : « The Crack of Doom » by Robert Cromie
  • Each of you lays the blame for this on the other, and I'm not going to haggle about that.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Pirate » by Max Pemberton
  • Tied to this imposing umbrella, how could I haggle with fishmongers for haddocks.
  • Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • He does not haggle for a giant fish; he pays more than is demanded!
  • Extract from : « The Daughter of an Empress » by Louise Muhlbach

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