Haggle definition

hăgəl

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To argue about terms, price, etc.; bargain; wrangle.

verb

Haggle is defined as to bargain on a price, or to hack at something.

An example of haggle is to get the sales price reduced on a house.

An example of haggle is to chop down a bush by chopping at its base with a shovel.

verb

To bargain, as over the price of something; dicker.

verb

The definition of a haggle is an act of bargaining, or arguing about price.

An example of haggle is a situation where the cost of a pair of shoes were bargained down from $100 to $50.

noun

To argue in an attempt to come to terms.

verb

To cut (something) in a crude, unskillful manner; hack.

verb

(archaic) To harass or worry by wrangling.

verb

An instance of bargaining or arguing.

noun

(intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.

I haggled for a better price because the original price was too high.

verb

To hack (cut crudely)

verb

To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

verb

The act of haggling.

noun

Origin of haggle

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

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
haggle (v.) 1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), 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. Source:

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