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hag·gle
(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.
[Frequentative of dialectal hag, to chop, hack, from Middle English haggen, from Old Norse höggva; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]
hag′gler n.
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haggle
(ˈhæɡəl)vb
1. (often foll by: over) to bargain or wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc); barter
2. (tr) rare to hack
[C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse haggva to hew]
ˈhaggler n
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hag•gle
(ˈhæg əl)v. -gled, -gling,
n. v.i.
1. to bargain in a petty, quibbling, often contentious manner: to haggle for a better price.
2. to dispute or cavil; wrangle: to haggle over the use of a word.
v.t. 3. to mangle in cutting; hack.
4. Archaic. to harass with wrangling or haggling.
n. 5. the act of haggling; a wrangle or dispute.
[1575–85; appar. frequentative of Middle English haggen to cut, chop (< Old Norse hǫggva to hew); see -le]
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Haggle
of vendors: shopkeepers collectively—Lipton, 1970.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
haggle
Past participle: haggled
Gerund: haggling
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| Noun | 1. |  haggle - an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)bargaining - the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement |
| Verb | 1. | haggle - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" bargain down, beat down - persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100" |
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haggle
verb
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Translations
يُساوِميُماحِك، يُساوِم
smlouvat
parlamenterepruttetinge
tinkiä
cjenkati se
alkudozik
prútta, òrátta
うるさく値切る
값을 끈질기게 깎다
kaulēties
dojednávať sa
pruta
ต่อรองราคา
pazarlık etmeksıkı pazarlık etmek
mặc cả
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haggle
[ˈhægəl] viCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
haggle
vi (= bargain) → feilschen (about or over um); (= argue also) → sich (herum)streiten (over um or wegen); let’s stop haggling over who’s going to pay → hören wir doch auf mit dem Hin und Her (darüber), wer nun bezahlt
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haggle
(ˈhӕgl) verb to argue about the price of something, or about the terms of an agreement.
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haggle
→ يُساوِم smlouvat tinge feilschen παζαρεύω regatear tinkiä marchander cjenkati se contrattare うるさく値切る 값을 끈질기게 깎다 steggelen prute utargować regatear торговаться pruta ต่อรองราคา pazarlık etmek mặc cả 争价Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009