Synonyms for haggle
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hag-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæg əl |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for haggle
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