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



Definition of haggling

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 :
  • You don't get it done any cheaper by haggling about the price beforehand—I've found that out.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Mat Mogmore, after some haggling, consented to become one of the crew of the yacht.
  • Extract from : « Freaks of Fortune » by Oliver Optic
  • This after some haggling, he agreed to do, all for one peso (Mexican silver dollar).
  • Extract from : « On the Mexican Highlands » by William Seymour Edwards
  • There was always a great deal of haggling over the sale of furs.
  • Extract from : « Historic Events of Colonial Days » by Rupert S. Holland
  • Haggling is not graceful, but it need not imply avarice in either of the parties to it.
  • Extract from : « Voltaire » by John Morley
  • Consequently all this haggling about how much shall be paid this year or that year is avoided.
  • Extract from : « Meccania » by Owen Gregory
  • Schaunard is haggling with a tinsmith over the price of a horn.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Opera Book » by Gustav Kobb
  • But while king and Commons were haggling for terms, a new difficulty arose.
  • Extract from : « A History of England » by Charles Oman
  • I could tell you of haggling and bargaining that we have done!
  • Extract from : « The Librarian at Play » by Edmund Lester Pearson
  • There was no question of buyer or seller, no bargaining, no haggling.
  • Extract from : « The Lonely Unicorn » by Alec Waugh

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