hag·gle

[hag-uhl] verb, hag·gled, hag·gling, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner: They spent hours haggling over the price of fish.
2.
to wrangle, dispute, or cavil: The senators haggled interminably over the proposed bill.
verb (used with object)
3.
to mangle in cutting; hack.
4.
to settle on by haggling.
5.
Archaic. to harass with wrangling or haggling.
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noun
6.
the act of haggling; wrangle or dispute over terms.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English haggen to cut, chop (< Old Norse hǫggva to hew) + -le

hag·gler, noun
un·hag·gled, adjective
un·hag·gling, adjective
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haggle (ˈhæɡəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb (often foll by over)
1.  to bargain or wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc); barter
2.  rare (tr) to hack
 
[C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse haggva to hew]
 
'haggler
 
n

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haggle
1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of haggen "to chop" (see hack (1)). Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away.
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Example sentences
It's also the best place to haggle for an inlaid backgammon set.
However, prices at the market aren't fixed, so don't be afraid to haggle.
And doctors have long had to haggle with commercial insurers over their rates.
Some of the auto superstores are publicly-owned national chains that offer a
  huge selection of vehicles and no-haggle prices.
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