haggle
pronunciation
How to pronounce haggle in British English:
UK [ˈhæɡl]
How to pronounce haggle in American English:
US [ˈhæɡl]
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- Noun:
- an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
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- Verb:
- wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
Word Origin
- haggle (v.)
- 1570s, "to cut unevenly, mangle in cutting" (implied in haggler "clumsy workman"), 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.
Example
- 1. And smithfield is both cheaper and friendlier to those determined to haggle .
- 2. The palestinians , who closely follow this haggle , had been balking .
- 3. Players constantly haggle , wheedle and plead .
- 4. When government ministers tried to haggle with america about a planned missile-defence base , he undercut them .
- 5. They may be reluctant to haggle with realtors to whom they have social ties .