haggling

hag·gle

H0010000 (hăg′əl)v. hag·gled, hag·gling, hag·gles v.intr.1. To bargain, as over the price of something; dicker: "He preferred to be overcharged than to haggle" (W. Somerset Maugham).2. To argue in an attempt to come to terms.v.tr.1. To cut (something) in a crude, unskillful manner; hack.2. Archaic To harass or worry by wrangling.n. An instance of bargaining or arguing.

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[Frequentative of dialectal hag, to chop, hack, from Middle English haggen, from Old Norse höggva; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]

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hag′gler n.

haggling

(ˈhæɡəlɪŋ) nbargaining or wrangling (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc)

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haggling - an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)haggle, wrangling, wranglebargaining - the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement

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