to haggle
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3.3
- verb
- /ˈhæɡəl/
:
regatear
- In the bustling market, I had to haggle over the price of fresh fruits.
- haggle over the price
You know, sort of across, across cultures about what's auctioned and or, you know, sort of haggled over and what's sold at a posted price.
- You know, sort of across, across cultures about what's auctioned and or, you know, sort of haggled over and what's sold at a posted price.
Examples
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Usually you can haggle with them and get a better deal than that.
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They expect you to haggle.
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I tried to haggle them down.
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We could haggle forever, huh?
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Paul, let's not haggle over this thing anymore!
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I'll haggle for the materials myself.
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Now we're haggling over price.
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Their leader and the boatmen were haggling over the fare.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her husband was at the counter haggling over a small marble replica of the Parthenon.
Fiction book (1994) -
Women with baskets stood amid the flimsy stalls of the marketplace, haggling with farmers or their agents over the high prices.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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3.7
Try to reach an agreement by talking, often about business terms
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2.4
To discuss the price or terms to get a better deal
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9.9
To negotiate formally with another group to reach agreement
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8.4
To bargain about a price before buying something
To argue about the price to try to make it lower
Talk with someone to get a lower price or a better deal
To argue or bargain to change the price
To negotiate strongly to get a better price or better terms
Antonyms
How Persistent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Haggle probably comes from an old Scandinavian word haggla meaning 'to chop' or 'cut up'. A helpful image is cutting a price bit by bit, which is why to haggle is to argue and negotiate to get a lower cost.