Meaning of HAGGLE
Pronunciation: | | 'hagul
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
- [v] wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
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| Synonyms: | | chaffer, haggling, higgle, huckster, wrangle, wrangling |
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| See Also: | | bargain, bargain down, bargaining, beat down, dicker | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Hag"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haggled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Haggling}.] [Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See {Hack} to
cut.]
To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or
cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by
cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.
Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, Comes
to him, where in gore he lay insteeped. --Shak.
\Hag"gle\, v. i.
To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to
chaffer; to higgle.
Royalty and science never haggled about the value of
blood. --Walpole.
\Hag"gle\, n.
The act or process of haggling. --Carlyle.
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| Related Terms: | | bargain, bargaining, barter, beat down, bicker, bid, bid for, cavil, chaffer, chaffering, cheapen, collective bargaining, coming to terms, deal, dicker, dickering, dispute, drive a bargain, hack, hackle, haggling, higgle, higgling, horse-trade, huckster, jew down, negotiate, negotiation, outbid, package bargaining, palter, pattern bargaining, quibble, slash, squabble, stickle, trade, underbid, wrangle |
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