haggle

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈhæɡəl/ Rhymes: -æɡəl === Verb === haggle (third-person singular simple present haggles, present participle haggling, simple past and past participle haggled) (intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller. (transitive) To hack (cut crudely) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (to argue for a better deal): bargain, chaffer ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References ===