[ US /ˈhæɡəɫ/ ]
[ UK /hˈæɡə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
VERB
  1. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
    Let's not haggle over a few dollars
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How To Use haggle In A Sentence

  • When it comes to buying a new or used car my advice is to haggle hard - because you should get a great deal. The Sun
  • At street-side stalls that are sometimes nothing more than a bowl on the ground, fish are gutted and sold and vegetables haggled over.
  • Don't be afraid to haggle: for the moment, it's a buyer's market.
  • While waiting for help to arrive, the crew haggled with missionary priests for wine, rice and yams, and struggled to keep curious natives off the pontoons used for water landings.
  • But haggle hard and you can get up to 4,000 off that price. The Sun
  • The NY Times' Haggler column tackled the confounding process of buying mattresses recently, with the help of Consumer Reports, which stated plainly: "Shopping for a mattress can be a nightmare.
  • Anyone serious about taking on the project should haggle hard. Times, Sunday Times
  • Competition is also fierce in this segment, meaning that if you haggle hard with a dealer you will be more likely to get a discount. Times, Sunday Times
  • My first tastes of venison were much like Douglas 'mom, from deer that were killed on dog drives, gut shot, hauled around in pickups then, to paraphrase Tom Kelly, haggled into unidentifiable hunks of bloody gristle by a succession of drunks with rusty saws and hatchets. Beef or Venison: Which Tastes Better?
  • Despite the tight financial times, more than half of those questioned said they did not intend to haggle over the price. The Sun
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