About The Word Haggle
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Haggle
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What's The Definition Of Haggle?
[n] an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
[v] wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" Synonyms | Synonyms for Haggle: chaffer | haggling | higgle | huckster | wrangle | wrangling Related Terms | Find terms related to Haggle: bargain | bargaining | barter | beat down | bicker | bid | bid for | cavil | chaffer | chaffering | cheapen | collective bargaining | coming to terms | deal | dicker | dickering | dispute | drive a bargain | hack | hackle | haggling | higgle | higgling | horse-trade | huckster | jew down | negotiate | negotiation | outbid | package bargaining | palter | pattern bargaining | quibble | slash | squabble | stickle | trade | underbid | wrangle See Also | bargain | bargain down | bargaining | beat down | dicker Haggle In Webster's Dictionary \Hag"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haggled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Haggling}.] [Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See {Hack} to
cut.]
To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or
cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by
cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.
Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, Comes
to him, where in gore he lay insteeped. --Shak.
\Hag"gle\, v. i. To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle. Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood. --Walpole. \Hag"gle\, n. The act or process of haggling. --Carlyle. |
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