haggle
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haggle
- /ˈhæɡəl/ UK, US
Rhymes with -æɡəl
Where it comes from
1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of Middle English haggen (“to chop”), variant of hacken (“to hack”), equivalent to hack + -le. Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away.
verb haggles · haggling · haggled
- To argue for a better deal, especially over prices between a buyer and seller. I haggled for a better price because the original price was too high.
- To hack (cut crudely) Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, / Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped.
- To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle. June 30, 1784, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. Henry Seymour Conway Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood.
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verb to argue for a better deal
| Español | recatear, regatear |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 깎다 kkakda |
| 日本語 | 値切る negiru, 〔値段などで〕押し問答する oshimondō suru |
| 中文 | 討價還價 /讨价还价 tǎojià-huánjià, 計較 /计较 jìjiào |
| Português | pechinchar, regatear, barganhar |
| Français | marchander |
| Deutsch | feilschen, markten, schachern |
| Italiano | contrattare, tirare sul prezzo, mercanteggiare |
| Ελληνικά | διαπραγματεύομαι diapragmatévomai, παζαρεύω pazarévo |
| Română | tocmi, negocia, târgui, neguța, țigăni |
| Русский | торгова́ться torgovátʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | mặc cả |
| العربية | سَاوَمَ sāwama |
verb to stick at small matters
| Español | detenerse en pequeñeces |
|---|---|
| Français | chipoter |
Talk about this word "haggle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/haggle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. haggle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/haggle "haggle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/haggle.Cite this
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